The Ego finds The Light
So, this Ego walks into a place called The Present and it’s
tended and cared for by The Light. The Ego, snugging up their tight britches
smugly saunters over to The Light and asks, “Who’s in charge?”
Well, The Light, being The Light, just keeps to One Self,
doing nothing, seemingly ignoring The Ego – that’s the Ego’s perspective. The
Ego, getting really irritated, like super really irritated, becomes consumed by
feelings of unimportance. The Ego feels as if The Light is being rude by
treating them, The Ego, as if they were not there. The Ego, pulls at the
already too tight britches effected by an overblown sense of importance, and
approaches The Light again.
The Ego’s irritation rises, becoming too big for their britches
and the seams begin to fail under pressure. Bugged, the Ego convinces itself
that The Light is fully to blame and responsible for The Ego’s britches being
way to tight! “There will be darkness to pay!” bellows The Ego!
The Ego, reassessing the brilliance of The Light, reminds its Self of the justification for anger and frustration and doubts, because, "After
all", The Ego thinks aloud, “Before entering this place called The Present and
seeing The Light, my britches fit just right!”
* The past always knows when to throw a dog a bone, but
anyway on with the story!
The Ego, all puffed up and full of themselves demands again,
with dark indignation “Who’s in charge here?”
The Light, not noticing the Ego, continues to peacefully and
lovingly exist. The brightness is now getting to The Ego’s core and sense of
importance and in a fit of anger The Ego lashes out and throws a herculean
punch into The Light! Pulling back, The Ego feels guilty, a bit, just a small
bit, and then screams at the top of their lungs, “Who? Who is in charge here?”
With a scream zipper popping loud their britches fell down around their ankles
causing The Ego to trip and fall flat on their face!
The Light continued to shine - being in the moment of the
Eternal Now and without a flinch nor a care as to what had just happened for
nothing had happened in The Light’s existence. All that had happened was
between The Ego and it’s own dream.
As The Ego fell to the floor, smashing their face, cracking
open a particular place their false armor began to fall away and a light began
to shine from inside The Ego space. At first the small shimmer of a glow was
barely noticeable within the place called The Present but then, as the glow
shined more brightly - The Light suddenly
acknowledged The Light that was pouring forth and said, “There your are
brother! We’ve been waiting for you!” Let the party begin!
~ Moral of this story? Let there be Light and don’t wear pants
too tight.
Story by Maryanne Mesplé
Inspired by ACIM
Photo by and of Maryanne Mesplé
