"Now" has no meaning to the ego. The present merely reminds it of past hurts, and it reacts to the present as if it were the past. T-13.IV.5:1-3

“The ego cannot tolerate release from the past, and although the past is over, the ego tries to preserve its image by responding as if it were present.” (5:3)

Ego dictates that we should see each other through the eyes of our past, dragging emotional experiences into the present, completely ignoring the present moment.

The mind preserves the past by projecting an image of others as "shadowy figures", unconsciously drawn from a reserve of painful memories.

Those shadowy figures are not real and have no hold over us, if only we could forgive everyone including ourselves for any transgressions and simply let them go.

Unhealed psychological trauma triggers the mind to see others as our source of its despair.

Darkness from the past causes emotional blindness preventing the ability to see others as they truly are.

The past's persistent presence in the now-moment continues to instigate retaliatory attacks for something that no-longer exists.

Dragging it all forward into the future, sustaining our personal reality filled with illusions.

Every encounter is a Holy Encounter, an opportunity to be free of disharmony.

It is, however, impossible to recognize holiness in another unless we choose to accept holiness with ourselves by releasing the past's suffocating hold.

"Unless you learn that past pain is an illusion, you are choosing a future of illusions and losing the many opportunities you could find for release in the present." (6:5)

Lovely Souls:

Let go of that past emotional pain; stop looking back for it will surely turn your heart into stone. 🥰🙏

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