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Journal Entry 8.26.13

By trying to suppress the ego, we make it stronger. We hide it where it's safe, in a dark recess. If we instead call it for what it is, Take it out of the recesses And confront it with the stark light of day, We can then start to see it for what it really is.

Allowing Stillness

Our sense of selves and our connection to the Universe ground us - provide a weight to our "balloon" so our life doesn't "fly" in a million directions.  If you have too many "paths" to explore, you can't go deeply into the paths.  You will only get a superficial knowledge.  But if you select the paths your heart really desires, you can spend your time exploring them to your hear's content.  And you will start to notice the subtleties and wonders that that you never knew existed among these paths  You can plant trees and flowers among these paths. You will begin to know them inside and out.  You can shut your eyes and imagine every detail of the paths because you know them that well. There comes a time when you make a choice...not about your everyday life and nuances, but a choice about how you want to live life.  That is the foundation upon which everything rests. Everything else is just details. To illustrate this: if you work on a landsca...