In understanding my story, I begin to understand how my ego has separated from my highest self, this is duality. But I cannot be so sure that it is from many lifetimes and endless experiences for all of humanity that has created this delusional-reality that we all live in.
I am not a practicing Buddhist, but I am, as everyone on this planet, on a spiritual journey. In the search for my Truth, I have come to understand many concepts from many traditions and cultures, and there are similarities.
My stories in this lifetime are made up of experiences - It is my ego who has kept me safe, an untethered sense of survival and “I can do it” that has conquered over the whispers of truth that lie within spirit and God. She takes in all of my “bad” experiences, mentally, emotionally and physically and creates a web of armor that ignores the truth, instills fear and knows better than God. And when I get hurt again and again, she tries even harder and then enters the depth of shame. To identify her (Ego) as an enemy only gives her more fuel and widens the gap of duality; and overtime she has become my Identity. And that is something I can change.
To live in this world is to experience all of it! Embracing all of me, being in the silence to hear God, being awake and aware to live in the joys and sorrows of being human, breathing in life to its fullest - and if that includes a bit of pain, in time I embrace that too. And then I move on.
It is the fluidity of my life that keeps me connected.
On Feb 23, 2021 Vhalle Hohn wrote :
In understanding my story, I begin to understand how my ego has separated from my highest self, this is duality. But I cannot be so sure that it is from many lifetimes and endless experiences for all of humanity that has created this delusional-reality that we all live in.
I am not a practicing Buddhist, but I am, as everyone on this planet, on a spiritual journey. In the search for my Truth, I have come to understand many concepts from many traditions and cultures, and there are similarities.
My stories in this lifetime are made up of experiences - It is my ego who has kept me safe, an untethered sense of survival and “I can do it” that has conquered over the whispers of truth that lie within spirit and God. She takes in all of my “bad” experiences, mentally, emotionally and physically and creates a web of armor that ignores the truth, instills fear and knows better than God. And when I get hurt again and again, she tries even harder and then enters the depth of shame. To identify her (Ego) as an enemy only gives her more fuel and widens the gap of duality; and overtime she has become my Identity. And that is something I can change.
To live in this world is to experience all of it! Embracing all of me, being in the silence to hear God, being awake and aware to live in the joys and sorrows of being human, breathing in life to its fullest - and if that includes a bit of pain, in time I embrace that too. And then I move on.
It is the fluidity of my life that keeps me connected.
Vhalleri Hohn
Canada