The Ego is Crucial to our Survival

Our higher consciousness is interested in expanding

The ego is crucial to our survival. It is the subconscious push for power and perceived safety. It keeps us competing to be stronger and better than those around us. It drives us to “get”.

Our higher consciousness is interested in expanding on what the ego provides by pushing us to thrive. It is also subconscious, but much quieter than ego. It drives us to “seek”. We have to become quiet in order to hear it… which can be difficult in such a loud world.

The human race is on the edge of a new kind of evolution; the evolution of consciousness.

Many of us are feeling this edge right now. Some of us are more unhappy than we’ve ever been because our higher consciousness wants us to grow, but our ego has ruled our choices for so long that we don’t know how to listen to our conscious selves. We’re on the edge of growth.

Others of us are thriving more than we ever have, because we are finally ready to grow beyond ego’s limitations, and succeed on deeper, more fulfilling levels. We are in the flow of growth… what I call “self-care flow” or conscious evolution.

Those of us who are still listening to ego may be feeling new levels of misery, lack of fulfilment, and anger.

If we are listening to consciousness, our feelings may shift to elation, fulfilment, joy, even grief, and letting go of the past that frees us to live a more fulfilling future.

Today, and every day, I encourage you to give yourself permission to listen to your quiet voice. What drives you? Are your choices in line with whom you want to be?

I send you wishes for a deeper knowing of yourself, deeper peace and fulfilment than you’ve ever known. Follow the quiet path, the one that is lit up when you stop to look and listen.

Melissa Raise is the owner of Raise the Bar Wellness. She is a CPT, CHC, and LMT with 18 years of experience helping people better themselves. Working with the tools of behavior change, positive psychology, non-violent communication, motivational speaking, nutrition, meditation, affirmation, and movement recommendations, her intention is to touch and elevate as many people as possible.