| One good way to find God is to lose yourself! Which | | | | It is interesting that the more insecure we are, the |
| is easier said than done, because in order to lose | | | | greater our need to build a big ego, which is a self. |
| yourself, you must first discover what your "self" is! | | | | Maybe we will buy a big car to extend our idea of |
| Once that discovery is made, then you can decide | | | | our self, or buy a big house, much bigger than we |
| which is more important; yourself... or God? | | | | need, and perhaps we might have to be a bit |
| Assuming that you decide God is far more important | | | | dishonest or lie a little to accomplish these things - all |
| than your "self" (which is not a "given" by any | | | | taking us further from God. |
| means, because you really, really like yourself!) then | | | | We really can't have it both ways; our "self," and |
| you can begin the process of dismantling this "self" | | | | God. One of these has to give. We can pretend, and |
| that you have worked so hard to build up! | | | | even convince ourselves that we love God above |
| Before we discover what this self is, let's see how | | | | our self, but maybe that is a little white lie, too! So |
| we construct a "self." It's actually easy; we build one | | | | which one will it be; our "self," or God? Which one will |
| every time we are proud of our accomplishments. | | | | be around after everything else returns to what it |
| Can we not do great things without feeling proud of | | | | was before it was created? What was your "self" |
| them? I suppose not. Then maybe we shouldn't do | | | | before you created it? |
| great things? No, that's not right either. | | | | God is in all things. How could God not be? And if |
| Hmm, maybe it's the idea that greatness is somehow | | | | God is in all things, God must be in our idea of our |
| out of the ordinary, and when we are great, we are | | | | self as well. So maybe all we have to do is lay down |
| out of the ordinary and should be revered. Heck, if | | | | the tools we use to construct our "self," and God will |
| everyone were great, how would we stand out? | | | | make Her presence known. What are our tools? |
| (And right there, in the previous statement about | | | | Merely our greed, our hatred, and our illusions. For |
| how we want to stand out, is how we build our self!) | | | | example; a self! |
| Greatness, actually, should be in everything we do, | | | | Maybe we don't have to be insecure, maybe once |
| and then it wouldn't seem like such an | | | | we make the turn toward God we can find a little |
| accomplishment, it just would be the way we are. If | | | | footing and not be so concerned about ourselves. |
| we could truly find God, wouldn't everything we do | | | | Heck, we might even begin to see the hardships of |
| be great? Then we wouldn't have to build a self at | | | | others, and wouldn't that be a big change for us? |
| all, which would be a good thing, because once we | | | | Who knows, we might begin changing a "me" world, |
| build a self, we continually have to prop it up and that | | | | into a "we" world? (Part 2 coming soon! |
| is such an annoyance! | | | | |