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only challenge you when you don’t take responsibility for it
and denounce it as being part of who you are. We have used
the analogy of the ego being the mind and the body and the
transporter of your Spirit through your incarnation, taking
owning a car as an example. How do you use your car? How
do you treat your car? Do you buy a car for it appearance; do
you buy a car for its function. Do you revere your car? Do you
lets it drive itself? Do you let it decide its destination? Do you
sacrifice yourself for your car? Do you destroy others with
your care? Do you let your car destroy others? There are so
many questions that can arise from this analogy. There are so
many ways we can see how you let your ego rule your life and
not just be an essential part of your incarnate being. We know
as we have been there and have fallen into the same ways
while we were incarnate. When the young adult is growing in
your world they need you as a mature adult to acquaint them
with this aspect of their being. They need to be gently
enlightened regarding their ego. Should you seek to force this
awareness upon them they will react and their egos will
become ‘aggressive’ and obstinate. Gentle enlightenment with
humour can often be the best way. Enlightenment without
criticism is always good. To show the young adult another
way without the suggestion that their way is the ‘wrong’ way
is a way that allows the ego to accept and for the ego to realise
that there are many ways to approach life, that someways are
more appealing than others, and then decide for itself that the
most comfortable way is the spiritual approach to life. For the
young adult setting out on its path for the next phase of its life
the elder has much to offer in their sharing of their life’s
experiences. The elder doesn’t have to be old either, they just
need to be more mature. Maturity is not related to age.