Peace and happiness are the antithesis of the ego. The ego cannot tolerate true happiness. The ego’s attitude toward happiness shows up in common statements such as: “I’m okay now, but I’m waiting for the other shoe to drop; the bad always comes with the good.”
The ego always has a tolerance level it sets for how much happiness it is willing for us to experience. When we reach this level, it starts bringing up thoughts or situations to sabotage our happiness. The ego does this because if we truly let go of our grievances that keep us unhappy, if we truly forgive, we will have let go of the ego entirely.
We will give it no credence because we will know with certainty that we remain in the perfect happiness that God wills for us. In this certainty, the ego simply ceases to seem to exist.
This is why the daily, moment by moment practice of bringing all disturbing, unhappy, judgmental thoughts to the Holy Spirit with willingness to receive His corrective vision is the key to true happiness. This practice undoes the ego. It is our practice for today.
~Course in Miracle
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