Page 64 - Condensations (of Spiritual Wisdom) and other essays.

Memories can generate feelings and emotions and

bring them to the surface in a pleasant or unpleasant

manner. It is important when these emotions arise that

we seek to evaluate them so that we can benefit

positively from them. If we don't there is a likely hood

that we will suppress them and feed into the negative

side of our existence, our negative ego side. We accept

that an ego is a necessary part of every human being but

it does need to be recognised and controlled, if not it will

take over our lives and push out what it considers its
rival, our benign Spirit. As our Spirit is of God it makes,

like God, no demands on the human form it occupies. Our
Spirit is there for the journey this body can take it on, an

adventure into wonderland. Every journey has spiritual

purpose, whether the ego knows it or not, but cannot be

evaluated in spiritual terms as long as the ego is in

control, and this is where the memory fits in. Every life

event is experienced on at least two levels, the spiritual

level and the ego level. No doubt you will want to know