Expand me. 

What if I have a limited capacity, like a water balloon, and overfilling me might make me burst?

What if I am an earthen pot that can be cracked and broken, made useless for any purpose.  I am afraid to say, “Expand me”.  Some part of me resists this.

 

 

It can only be the ego. That cliché, “some part of me” is a recognizable part of the ego’s armory. “Some part of me” comes into conversations that feature drama and difficulties. Beloved ego territory. When you hear, “some part of me”, listen.

You are hearing the ego making its arguments, roiling you up, leaving you unsure and questioning. Some part?  Which part?  Then you get sidetracked into thinking of yourself as parts that can cause different things.

 

 

You are one thing

 

The ego knows this, but desperately needs for you not to know. Hence its need for diversions, distractions and drama. Whenever you feel these things, hesitate.  Withdraw.

 

Some part of me resists saying, “Expand me”.

 

 

You are looking at the situation from a human perspective. You believe you are a human, but want to be changed.  This is followed by intense fears because you really fear change and don’t know what it means.

Instead of wasting time, think about how you might rather use time. What would you use time for? Another way to ask that is to say, what would you pay attention to? Because what you pay attention to is how you are using time.

 

What would you pay attention to?

 

Well, of course, peace. Personal peace,  world peace, complete peace.

 

Can you take five minutes now to devote to your ideas about peace? That is all you need to do.  Redirect your thought.

 

 

 

The ego has many tricks to keep you afraid.

You have the power to redirect your thought at any time.

There is no reason to feel afraid. It is needless and meaningless suffering.

 

 

Stillness and tranquility set things in order in the universe

Lao Tzu, the Tao Te Ching