Most of us do. The intimate touch of another soul is the most powerful antidote for the all-too-human experience of aloneness. It may be the most compelling and pleasurable experience there is.
So why do we spend so much of our time and energy avoiding intimacy by defending ourselves http://www.cheapjordansretrowholesale.com/ , being angry, critical, closed and judgmental ? in short, blocking the experience that we most deeply want?
Defending the Ego Gets in the Way of Love.
The answer is that we are wired to constantly reinforce our limited ego-based identity, our sense of who we are.
This ego-based identity plays a very important role in human life, but it does not have the power to love. Ego is all about the self. It can and does experience need, and need is often easy to mistake for love. And it can certainly love how another person makes it feel.
But these things aren't true love. True love and intimacy doesn't come from the ego. In order to experience the power of true love you have to get in touch with a different part of yourself ? the part that lies beyond ego.
The True Nature of Ego.
This process is easier when you understand the true nature of your ego-based identity: It doesn't really exist.
Although it functions as if it's the most real thing about you Cheap Jordan Retro Shoes , in actual fact your 'identity' is only a perspective. It's kept alive solely through the stories you tell yourself about life, others and yourself.
You could literally say that your ego is all talk ? an incessant monologue whose sole purpose is to reinforce your sense of self ? who you are and who you aren't.
Most of the time it goes something like this: "I'm better than he is, uglier than she is, smarter than him, richer than her, worse than I should be. I can do this, I could never do this Cheap Air Jordan Shoes , I shouldn't have done that, they shouldn't be that way. Life is good, life is hard, he's right, she's wrong, I'm great, I'm no good Cheap Jordan Retro , it's my fault, it's their fault?" and on, and on, and on...
Just as a whale identifies its location through bouncing sound waves off nearby objects, your ego pinpoints its own presence ? defines itself - by relating to the people, ideas, and objects around it.
This process is continuous. Your identity must be continuously reinforced or you will quite literally lose the sense of who you are.
That's why it can be so very threatening to have something or somebody confronting your ego ? your beliefs about yourself Cheap Air Jordan , others or the world. Since the ego is actually made out of these beliefs, perspectives and opinions, and you identify the ego as 'you', when your beliefs are threatened it can feel just like a threat to your very survival.
Quite simply, the more you get to be 'right' about things, the more real and solid you feel, and the more you have to be 'wrong' Cheap Jordan Shoes Mens , the more threatened and diminished.
Who Are You Really?
This would be really bad news if not for the fact that there is another part of you. This part ? your core essence, your authentic self ? has an intrinsic reality. Unlike your ego-based identity, its existence is not dependent upon outside circumstances or stories. And unlike your ego, it's not threatened by someone else's success, or enhanced by their failure. In fact, the opposite is true.
You could visualize your egoidentity as like the surface of the ocean; changeable, vulnerable Cheap Jordan Shoes Womens , reflecting the sun, sky, and clouds, affected by every wind. Your core is the vast, calm, still, deep water beneath. Those deep mysterious waters teem with every kind of life and potential Cheap Jordan Shoes , but this life is invisible from the surface.
All transformation involves a process of seeing beneath the changeable surface and connecting with the vast deep life-giving waters beneath. This process usually involves a level of discomfort as your identity is shaken out of its placid solid form and made to expand and reflect a deeper level of reality.
But it's worth it.
My Little Wake-Up Call.
Last year I had a very typical experience from which I learned an uncommon lesson.
I was upstairs in my bedroom. My husband was late getting home and had failed to call me to let me know. I wasn't really worried about him, but I still began to get more and more agitated by the fact that he hadn't come home when he said he would.
The later he become, the angrier I grew. By the time I finally heard the door downstairs I was in a fury. (I realize that this doesn't show me in a particularly positive light ? but the truth is, that's exactly what happened.)
Like a balloon inflating with hot air, I got ready to blow up at him.
But then something happened. In a moment of unusual lucidity, I saw the future before my eyes. This is what it looked like:
First, I'd blow up. I'd express some righteous indignation (in a loud voice). I'd persist until my husband (generally a pretty nice Cheap Jordans , easy-going guy) admitted that his behavior had been rude and inconsiderate. Then, once my anger was properly validated, I'd forgive him and we could be friends again ? but only after I'd temporarily diminished his ego and inflated my own.
In that one lucid moment I realized that I could simply skip the whole thing and go straight to being authentic and close. I
What part of me saw that new possibility? The part that peeked out through the surface of my ego ? a little piece of my core.
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