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Many feel that life is harsh for them. To those we would say that it is the life
they chose and if they feel it harsh then they need to ask themselves why they
chose it to be that way. We cannot stress enough that whatever way you are
experiencing your life it is as a consequence of, (A), choices your Spirit made
prior to your birth, and/or, (B), choices made on your behalf by those you
chose to take responsibility for you until you could take care of yourself,
and/or, (C), choices you have made since you reached the age of reason and
the age of responsibility. Whichever way it is, it is your choice and
responsibility. Naturally many compare their life to the life of others, a foolish
trait, since the life of another may be very different but none the less equally of
the same value, experientially, for their Spirit as your life is for your Spirit.
Every moment in your life carries a message for you and about you. You
might think that others who control your life have to carry some blame for
how difficult yours is. They didn’t ask you to come into your life so they could
control you; it was you who chose to be in their life and you who accepted the
invitation to join then as such. The real pitfall is your ego and how, when it
gains control, will ‘sell’ itself to the highest bidder, sometimes at a great cost
to its own self esteem and confidence. Your ego needs to be loved and
appreciated, your ego needs to be fulfilled, your ego needs to be nourished and
fed. Your ego is constantly foraging for its enhancement and will place itself
in any position that will provide this. Should its choice fail, the ego will never
accept responsibility, if it succeeds then it will grow and expand but it’s all an
illusion that the ego is suffering. But then this is the human life, a life devoid
of spiritual awareness. The ego can even convince itself that it is humble.
Spirit recognises ‘enough’ whereas the ego only recognises ‘more’. Most
things in the human world take precedence when they appeal to the ego. Many
people avoid the truth and settle for the comfort of belief and ignorance. They
find truth to heavy a burden, such is their ego illusion. It’s easier to live the
consequence of a lie than a consequence of the truth, this is what we see the