" To Master yourself is to master this life, it is ultimate freedom from within." - RLM
Self mastery is all about knowing yourself and having absolute control and acceptance of yourself. To be happy in this life is not about controlling our external circumstances, or controlling other people, it is about having control over our self and our reactions to any given circumstance.
To be happy in this life is about mastering the relationship you have with yourself. The route to freedom, true freedom is the journey into the center of your own soul and finding peace there.
I believe that learning about myself and knowing my ego and knowing my soul and knowing my faults and knowing my strengths, knowing my likes and knowing my dislikes has been a very scary but worthwhile and fulfilling journey.
It has been a very empowering and liberating journey. By knowing myself completely I am grounded and unshakable in my own truth and it is that which has set me free.
People are all so afraid of going within. It seems to be the most intimidating thought for most people. What are you afraid of finding? I have been in and I can honestly say that all you are going to find is yourself.
On this journey I have learned to embrace every part of my being and I know who I am. I am an open book to myself. I accept my flaws and there is no part of myself that I am trying to hide from and therefore no part of me I am trying to defend from others.
If there is nothing to hide and nothing to defend, there is nothing to get offended about either.
In seeing and knowing my own ego I am able to identify ego in another, and in that a world of compassion opens up. If there is resistance in me to anyone or anything I know that it is only an indication that I am being tested and learning is happening.
I love knowing that nothing and no one has any power over me, and that my happiness is only in my hands. It means I need no one and nothing to make me feel fulfilled but myself.
In saying all of this, what does mastery really mean? I see it that we are going to be tested and tested over and over again in the things that we are trying to master. Whether it be our emotions, our love for our self, unconditional love, dissolving ego, patients, whatever you are choosing to master, you will be tested.
And you need to be tested over and over again because it is in the testing that you are learning and it is in the learning that you are mastering, until one day you realise that you are now a master of that particular thing that you were trying to master.
There is a process and a pathway to mastery and it is called life and living. Each moment is a new chance to put into practice something you learned from the last test and take conscious action towards the goal of mastery.
I believe in mastering the self. Know your ego and always strive to be better in all ways everyday. Never give up on your self, you are the most important investment you can make and the time and effort you put into your growth and learning reflects on the happiness and freedom you feel in your soul.
With so much love
Rosemarie
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