Profit & Loss

Gain and loss can only be considered possibilities if one believes that what is personal is real. All that is deemed personal is viewed as special. Only a part of wholeness, no longer fully understood. The body is the primary symbol of all that is separate, special, and personal. The perception of one’s own body as well as the perception of other bodies is a disguise that tricks the mind into thinking of ‘mine’ and ‘yours’. ‘Exchange’ is therefore required to achieve ‘balance’ so that gain and loss are sufficiently managed.

These personal trade-offs appear as negotiations in the form of compromise and sacrifice, in addition to satisfying needs and benefitting. Each relationship (how we relate in awareness to other beings, and all situations) gets reduced to “Whats in it for me?” A giving and taking tug of war. Choosing between relationships becomes necessary as they are perceived as separate. What I will be receiving and expected to give is carefully curated. Each yielding various amounts of gain and loss. Sacrifice is considered a one sided loss, while compromise is considered a two sided loss. Any sacrifice or compromise we are willing to endure for any one, or everyone, is an indication of where we have chosen and become attached to the idea of specialness. The willingness to sacrifice or compromise is always for. For what is received in return, which will satisfy my needs or benefit me.

Without guidance and Spirit awareness, “What's in it for me?” becomes the ego theme song for each lifetime story. Calculating, comparing, contrasting and keeping score to ensure you never end up on the losing end of any relationship or situation. Sometimes pushing forward and sometimes pulling back, to recalculate and recalibrate the amount of gain and loss.

With guidance and Spirit awareness, “Whats in it for me?” is reconfigured without the figures standing in the way of ones awareness. A life of needing to make and take more is exposed as a defence tactic promoting the belief in separatio and lack. The change of desire is brought about with the change of identity. Desire to exchange what's been made for what was given by God, hidden from awareness by ones own choosing, but never absent: eternal peace and joy.

“Your ego is rejecting me, as your Spirit is blessing me”. Perception in illusion is transformed thru Christ vision. Any form of pain is revealed to be just mistaken perception. A thought derived from a tightly held belief of matters unfair. When turned around one discovers what was first perceived could not truly have been there.

Proceed with the all encompassing repair; forgiving what never was dissolves all question with no bother or care. Choosing to allow any semblance of doubt, leaves a lesson undone, and awareness of healing impaired. How telling that our cherished beliefs first lead us into grief, then thru encounters in which we are offered the gift of release. Within open arms and full embrace the past is set free, forgiveness thus unearthed, having been chosen intentionally.

Or decline the heavenly gift and proceed to hold hurt and anger tightly. Wronged no doubt, but still steadfast with righteousness. Yet ego awareness has an expiration date with limited self life. Highly perishable, it requires enormous effort to maintain and transport. It can and will be exchanged for Spirit awareness, at the place and time of your choosing.