The Ego is the Enemy

07/11/2024

Living with regrets is not something I do. Everything I've done, every decision I've made, every experience I've had, it all led me up to where I am at, now. I love who I am, now, and where I'm at. I won't regret a single thing because it was all meant to happen at that stage growth and at that moment in my life.

Good Morning, though ☕️

07/03/2024

One of the most powerful things you can do in your recovery is set healthy boundaries. That can look like cutting people off (friends, family, exes, etc.) that are detrimental to your recovery, that can look like giving your friend resources to get help but no longer being their therapist, that can look like you holding on to your power and not giving your power to your ego or other people, that can look like you doing something different seeing as how what you were doing lead you to pick up, that can look like therapy, that can look like helping other's but only within your mental and emotional capabilities at this stage in your recovery, and that can also look like you becoming the villain in someone's story because you have had enough of being restless, irritable, and discontent.

So, set your boundaries, live your recovery, and speak your truth.

Good Morning, though ☕️

06/25/2024

Times and people can get confusing. How they treat you due to certain factors is unfortunate. However, when one can come to love themselves authentically and genuinely, what someone else thinks or how they feel, especially if negative, cannot deter you from being unapologetically you. Your Ego will try and get you to bow down to their thoughts on how you should live your life, but the Ego is the Enemy and should be silenced.

🖤

06/03/2024

This is 110% accurate. I am NOT the same person. I grow every day. I change every year. You don't know who I am today. I do, though. And I love who I am and who I will continue to become. You're not meant to stay stagnant. You're not meant to wilt and die. You're meant to grow and thrive. You're meant to understand that no one stays the same. Some grow for the better, some don't, either way we grow.

04/30/2024

Takes Accountability, not to create a different reality, but to see life for what it is in the present moment which strengthens your inward condition and brings about that inner peace and acceptance that so many have never had the opportunity to feel before.

04/23/2024

Memory seems more of a human trait rather than a spiritual trait. The body dies, the spirit doesn't, so, memories die.

If it is said that the past and future no longer exist when one is able to stay in the Now, would that not mean that memories also do not exist seeing as how that could be considered an egoic form of the Past?

Good Morning, though. ☕️

04/21/2024

You'll find that some days you feel the intensity of the aloneness that comes with spiritual growth and self-love. It's okay to feel that. It sucks, but it's okay.

Those that have been spiritually awakened are on a whole other level of existence, not in a "high horse" way, just in a way that's hard for deeply asleep people to comprehend.

When spiritually awakened people find something or someone they're passionate about, they find that expressing their joy about the situation to someone who is still deeply asleep, well, they don't get responses. They get someone who listens to react and then call out everything wrong with how you're feeling and why.

So, yeah. Some days it gets hard. Especially when the spiritually awakened people in your circle can't be talked to as easily as someone who is deeply asleep, due to certain circumstances.

Don't give up, though. Don't sit in that aloneness for too long. Don't let the Ego pull you back in. Take a deep breath and let go of it. Life is going to keep lifing either way. 🖤

04/17/2024

It's been awhile, eh? Life has been lifing. However, my mental health has improved and I've spent a lot of time reflecting on time itself.

"Being must be felt. It can’t be thought.” - Eckhart Tolle

Get right within and all will fall into place on the outside. Letting go and letting your Higher Power tske the reigns is a very freeing feeling. You must do your part, too, though.

🖤

04/12/2024

Emotional pain is an egoic creation meant to maintain control over the spirit dwelling within the human body. When you separate yourself from the Ego, you will realize this. Self-centered fear is also an egoic creation meant to maintain control over the spirit dwelling within the human body. Wild, right? Shut down the Ego and open up your spiritual perspective and start healing through your spiritual journey.

Good Morning, though ☕️

04/11/2024

Good morning! ☕️

I believe that finding a compatible partner is not solely determined by past traumas, but rather by the level of consciousness and personal growth of each individual.

If someone exhibits signs of spiritual unhealthiness or a lack of self-awareness, it may not be a suitable match for me.

However, if our levels of consciousness align, and we both prioritize continuous spiritual growth, self-love, and the ability to share love with one another without losing the genuine love we have for ourselves, then a genuine connection is possible.

04/10/2024

🖤 For those who so badly want to see you fail, you should just as badly want to see them succeed. You should want them to never stop chasing their dreams and fighting for what they want.

If you love yourself first, wish no ill-will towards others, then the rest will fall into place. This is spiritual, emotional, and mental growth. This is where you find inner peace. 🖤

04/09/2024

Taken from Higher Dimensions

But, the truth to it is so real.
It is inside of us, this divinity.
If we choose ourselves,
If you choose to love ourselves
authentically and genuinely,
we get closer to connecting
with the divinity within us.

Stop letting the Ego dictate what and who you believe in AND love because it will always tell you that YOU are NOT worthy and THAT is NOT true.

Good Morning

04/09/2024

That voice is your Ego. That voice is nothing good and everything that's bad. Always choose to love yourself no mater what, and never allow your ego to tell you that you aren't worthy. ☕️

04/08/2024

Only you have the power to work on your inward condition. We can give you the resources, but you have to put them to use and put in the work.

Separate yourself from your ego, that's when you can start loving yourself which will lead to healing the inward condition little by little.

04/07/2024

Created by the narrative the Ego has created in our mind* ... we can change it by remaining present in the moment at all times and taking our power back from the Ego. 🖤

04/07/2024

Good Morning ☕️

The mind is the Ego's playground. That is where the Ego is most powerful. That's why I talk so much about separating ourselves from the Ego because when we can do that, we are taking the power away from it. It's a helluva fight, but worth it when you can finally take your power back and keep it. Thus silencing the Ego.

It's a practice that will need to happen daily for the rest of our lives, but it becomes routine and before you know it, the Ego can't control you anymore. Starts with loving yourself, though.

Is there truth to the Devil and Angel on your shoulders? Or, is there only one? The Ego.

04/06/2024

"Resistance perpetuates challenges." As your influence grows, the ego's power diminishes, prompting its attempts to reclaim control. Maintain your resolve and prevent its resurgence. 🖤

04/06/2024

It's not my job to heal you, only to offer resources for you to work on yourself.

04/06/2024

We are spiritual beings stuck in a human realm. - Me

04/06/2024

I trust my instincts more than I trust that voice in my head. People like to picture the devil and angel, one on each shoulder, telling you right from wrong. I don’t trust them.

See, your instincts, gut feeling, and/or intuition are not the voice in your head. It’s your body speaking to you through feeling. Have you ever been told to “listen to your body?” That’s exactly what you’re doing when you follow your instincts. Trust your gut. Listen to your intuition.

So, yes. I absolutely trust my instincts. My body knows more than that voice and/or that devil and angel ever will. It’s basically science.

04/06/2024

Life Ponderer...

I used to ponder life. Not my life or someone elses life, but just life in general. What I’ve found is that life simply is.

Life is simply life until you make it your own, and that’s when it truly begins.

In order to make life your own, one must be selfish in choosing their peace in life over life’s mere existence.

Being selfish is only a bad thing when it stems from malice. We know that without some selfishness, life would continue to simply be, but it would be without purpose.

04/06/2024

Happiness

Happiness is not measured by how often you travel. It’s not measured by the clothes you wear, the house you live in, or the car you drive. Happiness is not measured by your relationship status, your level of wealth, your societal status, or the job you have.

Happiness is an inward job.

Love yourself, strengthen your spirit, allow yourself to heal, and always allow yourself to grow in every aspect of your being.

That is genuine happiness. That is authentic joy. Always be unapologetically you.

04/06/2024

Eckhart Tolle said this...

Now, could we not, in some way, equate the use of substances as the same adrenaline rush as racing a car or mountain climbing? Could an addict or an alcoholic use this synthetic ease and comfort as a way to force themselves into the now? Heightening senses due to the high and/or buzz? So everything in the Now is able to be felt but everything painful and traumatic that has happened, has become numb? And yet they're still unconsciously in thr Now but they're experiencing it when they're high or buzzed?

Let's talk more...

04/06/2024

I came across this post, and it made me think…. and here are my thoughts ⬇️
… what fear, though? Fear that you’ve created based on past experiences because you didn’t love yourself enough to give yourself the grace to say “this didn’t work out and that’s okay because some day it will work out with the right person.”

Instead, you’ve let what’s happened to you control you enough to where now, you’re blaming them for no longer being able to trust anyone, so, you say you’ll never be in another relationship again or, “you miss the innocence of loving someone without fear.”

Why? You’re only watering down your chance at living a fulfilling life filled with self-love and an open-mind knowing that you’ll someday find what you’re looking for, but, until then, you’re going to love yourself, know your self worth, continue to grow, and not hold your past against yourself or other people.

It’s okay going into relationships with a healthy fear. With knowledge that things may not work out. But, to be afraid of relationships because of your fear of being cheated on, not being good enough, having your heart broken, etc., those are all unhealthy and self-centered fears due to not truly loving yourself.

At some point in your growth, you have to be able to sit with yourself and authentically and truly be able to say that you genuinely love yourself and that you are worthy of the love you seek. Once you’re able to do that, your whole mindset will change.

Yeah, maybe I get into a relationship, and things don’t work, but I can’t project that, or I’m not fully giving myself or the other person a fair chance. But, KNOWING the possibility is there, and still trying anyways, that’s where the power and the growth is. Knowing that, no matter what may happen, I still love myself enough to accept that not everything works out, and I’m able to move on from it with a healthier mindset and a determination to be sure I continue to accept good things and take chances because I deserve them. I’m worthy of them. I’m capable of giving someone else the chance to love me as powerfully as I do and knowing that I’ll still be okay if it doesn’t work out because I love me authentically and genuinely.

It isn’t as easy as it sounds, but then again, it really is if you’re truly open to a higher level of understanding of yourself. It truly works if you actually genuinely and authentically come to love who you are as a person, and accept that you’re worthy of the kind of love that you want, and aren’t afraid to take chances to find it.

Stop letting a relationship ending send you into a downward spiral of fear, self-loathing, and lack of trust in yourself and/or anyone else. You’re missing out on the beauty of growth and living if you continue to give your power away like that.

04/06/2024

You CAN let go of your past. You are NOT your past. You are NOT your trauma. You are NOT your addiction or alcoholism.

However, you ARE a spiritual being that needs to LET GO of the chains ⛓️ that you think are holding YOU back.

Those chains? Those are being held by you. It's time to drop them. Let them go. You don’t have to be the victim or live with a victim mentality. You don’t have to keep suffering. That’s a choice you have full control over making.

So, what’s it going to be for you? Inward, authentic peace? Or, outward faux happiness?

04/06/2024

Self-Love, genuine and authentic, is one of the most powerful weapons you can use against the Ego.

04/06/2024

The Ego seeks persistent suffering and will say anything it can, using your voice, to keep you from growing and holding on to your own power. In order for us to end the suffering, we must put an end to our Ego and maintain that ending.

Although some people are willing to suffer for fleeting periods of true happiness, I have chosen not to follow this path. Not anymore. I am done suffering. I’d rather my moments of true happiness be consistent. 🖤

04/06/2024

What’s something most people don’t understand?

Spirituality. Being one with the essence of being. Self-love isn’t some trend. It needs to happen if anyone is to experience a spiritual awakening. This spiritual awakening has the power to silence our egos and give us authentic, genuine, and pure inner peace.

Welcome to "The Ego is the Enemy." This is actually the title of a book written by Ryan Holiday. I am using it as my page name due to the purpose of this page.

Here, there will be non-stop discussion about inward healing, the Ego, the voice in your head, and the angel and devil you visualize sitting on your shoulders when it comes to emotions and emotional reactions.

I hope you find a sense of understanding and being as this page grows, if it grows.

Thanks,

Nikki