12 - H4H News: How Does the Ego Use Guilt?



Synopsis: Hope for Humanity News is a series of three to five-minute weekly podcasts designed to educate, inspire, and comfort listeners during these challenging, but hopeful times. 

Hi everyone! Welcome to Hope for Humanity News! I’m Reverend Joan Kistler.

Last week, we talked about how the ego uses painful emotions, like anger and fear, to pull us away from the present moment. But then we suggested that anger and fear are not the only weapons in its arsenal. Another weapon is guilt.

How does the ego use guilt?

The ego is like an angry, scared child who doesn’t understand the way life is. So, it’s constantly stomping its feet and demanding things because it’s scared that it’s not going to get what it needs and wants. Life always provides us with what we need, but not always what we want. That’s the way life is.

The ego generates fear because of its lack of trust in life to provide what it needs, and it produces anger because it refuses to accept that life doesn’t always provide what it wants. The ego’s refusal to accept the way life is is its own fault. So, when the ego starts stomping its feet and projecting blame, we can take it as seriously as we would a child having a tempter tantrum.

Just to be clear – shame, or the feeling that we are not worthy of love, is never justified. No matter what we’ve done, we’re always worthy of love in the eyes of our Source. Guilt may be justified if we deliberately did something to harm ourselves or others. Once we take responsibility for our actions and do what we can to make amends, guilt is no longer justified.

As far as Essence is concerned, there is no one to blame because there is nothing wrong. Life is exactly as it should be. Life supports life, but it does not revolve around the ego’s preferences and desires – and that makes sense since there are currently over seven billion egos on the planet.

There’s no way Life can please them all.

Essence even accepts the ego as it is. It exists as the grist for the mill of our spiritual evolution, so we don’t have to feel guilty for having an ego. Our job is to be aware that it is a false self, and it is not a wise guide for our life. But we do have far better choice – our True Self, or Essence.

Of course, there are other ways the ego pulls us away from the present moment other than using judgment and negative emotions. It also uses time.

How does the ego use time to pull us away from the present moment?

Tune in next week.

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