Confidence and self-mastery are certainly linked. I mean by self-mastery, the ability to manage the ego sense of self, recognizing that it is not the real deal, the real me.
I can go through life asleep and unconscious of my ability to co-create and thus suffer, or I can choose the empowered approach to creating my reality. I can buy into those voices that say “thank God it’s Friday”, or I can say, “Thank God, I’m still here and life is good, no matter what is passing by right now”.
At this moment, I’m just glad to be here.
This and every moment is what I ultimately choose to make of it. The role of the ego is varied, but you can for now, just think of it as the storyteller, that portion of the left, linear, logic brain, that is the mental construction of your identity. It is a changeable character on the stage of life. What role are you currently playing?
It is fine to play these various roles as long as we are doing so consciously. What do I mean by this? I can play doctor, lawyer, Indian chief, even “afraid”, as long as I am aware that these are merely experiences, they are not my true essence.
My essence, that which abides at my core, is unchangeable, boundless, un-nameable and unlimited. It is Spirit. I am spirit, a part of Spirit, Life, all that is. Now, since at the root of how I relate to life is “practical”, (meaning, if it is of no earthly use, I really have no real use for it), I want to make the point here that just talking about “spirit” and showing no fruit in my life doesn’t serve much purpose.
However, realizing that I am Spirit, that I have a mind/emotions and live in an awesome and amazing body, I can bring the elements of all three realms together and experience a life that is whole and abundant. I am not my thought - and neither are you.
As a spiritual being, with an ability to consciously choose, I can learn what Universal principles are and how my body and nervous system works scientifically to my advantage. When I do this, I can realize that I am able to experience and create by conscious choice.
Granted, there may very well need to be some healing in my mind/emotions and body along the way so that I can get clarity about what I want and be able to see clearly how to move forward. This is all a process, but the more in tune you are with Spirit, the more you realize that there is much more to you than the labels that you have lived by created by your ego and the ego of others, the more confident and empowered you will become.
Self-mastery is a journey and it can be a journey that is managed mindfully and in joy (enjoyed), to the degree that you release your faith to believe!
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