{"id":395,"date":"2026-06-08T02:29:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T06:29:14","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2026-06-08T02:29:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T06:29:14","slug":"ego-in-here-&-now?","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/c2creset.ondigit.us\/?p=395","title":{"rendered":"Ego in Here &#038; Now?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 102, 153);\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><strong>Can the Ego operate in the Here &amp; Now?<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">The Ego will treat the &quot;NOW&quot; in one of three ways: <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">as a means to an end,<br \/>\n    <\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">as an obstacle,<br \/>\n    <\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">as an enemy,<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"137\" height=\"137\" src=\"\/userfiles\/image\/2013%20pics\/smiley_angry.png\" alt=\"\" \/> <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">(1) The Ego promises to get you to some future moment that is considered better than the Here &amp; NOW. As the future can never become the Now, you are never Here and always trying to get there.<\/span><\/span>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">(2) The Ego treats the NOW as an obstacle to overcome, resulting in impatience, frustration, and stress. The Ego sees Life, the NOW, as a problem that needs to be fixed, before it can be <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bYvmjdqpT7Y\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\">happy<\/span><\/a>, or start really living. A universal law of Life is called Attraction. It says: &quot; I&#8217;ll be whatever you want me to be. See me as a problem, I&#8217;ll be a problem to you.&quot;<\/span><\/span>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">(3) Hate what you&#8217;re doing? When you complain about what happened or is happening, or things should or shouldn&#8217;t, you argue with WHAT IS. You make Life into an enemy. Then Life says: &quot;War is what you want, war is what you get.&quot; <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"133\" height=\"133\" src=\"\/userfiles\/image\/2013%20pics\/angry-smilie-md.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">The question &quot;What is my relationship with Life?&quot; will unmask the Ego and shift you into the State of Presence.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">How about asking this question until you are there?&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"?p=396\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><strong>read more &#8230;<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/userfiles\/image\/2%20fools.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"width: 194px; height: 274px;\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><a href=\"?p=401\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\">Your Dark Doppelganger<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Can the Ego operate in the Here &amp; Now? The Ego will treat the &quot;NOW&quot; in one of three ways: as a means to an end, as an obstacle, as an enemy, (1) The Ego promises to get you to some future moment that is considered better than the Here &amp; NOW. 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