Our Ego ensures we hide this threatening side (deep into our subconscious brain so we might not even be aware of it) and it does this in order to protect our identity that it has established. Inside each and every one of us there is a “darkness” that exists. You see, by telling our self that we are not enough until x,y,z occurs, we tend to hide the people we are by fearing they are inadequate for the life we THINK we need to have. This is the Ego wrongfully influencing our minds. We tell ourselves these stories that to be happy we need a big house, a nice car and a job we can be proud of. So we become trapped in this world we create for ourselves, constantly feeling like there is something missing in our lives. We put our identities, which we translate into our self worth in the Ego’s hands. It’s the little devil on our shoulder that tells us “you need more!”. It’s the part of us that is actively wound up in the materialistic aspects of our worlds.

It says: 1) I am what I have, 2) I am what I do, 3)I am what other people think of me, and 4) I am separate from everyone else and from God. The Ego refers to the identity we associate our self with. We all have this thing called an Ego – or as it can be described, an illusion. It’s not our fault! We’ve been doing this subconsciously, and actually it’s kind of like a defense mechanism. You see, for years I’ve been suppressing who I really am. I want to share with you a method of meditation that I’ve recently discovered that has truly opened my eyes and my heart to the depth of understanding my true self. Have you ever heard the phrase “ just be authentic!?” Well… What does that mean? I don’t know about you, but being told this invokes the question “who am I?”

I am a shadow the true self