Ego, the default position

The following two quotes sort of go along with this invalidation theme.

The knee jerk reaction is almost always ego. So you wait and you pray and you listen. And then you might have something wiser to say—something a little more truthful than my story—that might possibly approach the story. Richard Rohr

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The default position is the ego position every time. Unless we get in there and actively and consciously change the settings, we will default to ego. Tomas Viera

So who are we really? How do we teach our kids who they are?

When we seek validation for our feelings, just who is seeking validation? Our egos (carnal man/adamic man/flesh)? Does the part of us that is infinite...the spirit within...need validation?

But now we live in two realms. The earthly and the heavenly. Back and forth..mostly earthly for me at this point. How do we sort it out?

One of the best gifts we can give ourselves is to recognize that we are not our stories, and to becoming aware of when our mind chatter starts telling these stories. ~ Tina Su

Easier said than done!!!!