OUR OWN WORST ENEMY

We

dream of being

a guilty body

forgetting we are

INNOCENT SPIRIT

Stories abound regarding self-destruction.  Our identification with what we believe to be our “self” is rooted in our identification with a frail vessel that seems to be continually avoiding assault from both without and within.

Bodies behaving badly dominate the news at large, and the conversation around coffee.  Be it individually or in groups, these examples unsettle us, because we realize, given similar circumstances, we are not sure if we could be capable of like offenses.

The reflective nature of the ego causes it to be continually preoccupied with comparison, evaluation, and judgment.  When push comes to shove it always defaults to the worst-case scenario; we never come out the winner.

With sin/guilt/fear being the default software of the ego mind, we often forget we have an option.  The loud voice of fear, which is always happy to place us on the lowest level of the totem-pole, overshadows the faint voice of LOVE lost in the background.  The INNOCENCE of LOVE, which offers us our only viable alternative, cries out to get a word in edgewise.

Recognizing that we have a choice of voices to give attention to is the first step out of being our own worst enemy.  Where the ego’s evaluation will always bode doom, LOVE will kindly remind us of our INNOCENCE before GOD, no matter what the accusation.  The advocate for LOVE, certainly not the loudest voice in the courtroom, will, when given adherence, see to it that the case the ego has built against us will be dismissed.  That dismissal is dependent upon which argument we are relying on; seeing ourselves as being a guilty body, or as being INNOCENT SPIRIT.