We are so “attached” to our possessions and accomplishments that they become a source of pride. This pride causes us to define ourselves by our attachments:

Who am I? “I am the president of the company”; “I am a Ph.D”; “I am the doctor’s wife”; “I am the best dancer on the block.” Pride plays a large role in maintaining a rigid persona; it fixes us in place entangling and entrapping us, deadening the living flow of authenticity and spirit.

Jealousy, like pride is one of the components of a dualistic world view. “She has something more or different than I have. I want that something.” Or, “She is trying to take something away form me. I won’t let it happen.” Hanging on to pride and jealousy are manifestations of ego clinging. Purifying oneself of pride and jealousy is essential in loosening and diminishing our ego-centered and incorrect view of reality and in bringing harmony and reconciliation into our lives.

Today, let go and let God. Let go of the traps of the ego by diminishing ego-centered and incorrect views of reality.

—Penna

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