Tranquil Spirit, Northwich, Cheshire, UK - Spirit Communications: Ego

Spirit Communications:

Ego

Ego and Non-Attachment

When last on the earth plane Thomas worked as a slave in the cotton fields in Alabama. He was not one of the original spirit group, however over the years he has talked to us many times. He has a lovely soft gentle manner; we have become very fond of him and now consider him as much a part of our spirit group as are the original members. Hai has always told us that to be an effective medium it is important that we learn to put aside our ego. In this communication Thomas talks further about this subject. Thomas also talks about war and the necessity for non-attachment. The communication started when Eileen referred to what another spirit visitor had said about ego and commented:

Q: Other spirits that have come to talk to us have always said we need a certain amount of ego on this earth to enable us to survive and yet we have been told to let go of ego. There seems to be a contradiction in this, Thomas.

Thomas: No, it's not a contradiction. You see your problem is that when some folks feel their egos have been affronted, they feel they've got to retaliate; they've got to rebuff the other person, fight back. They think that if they don't fight back they are diminishing themselves. But what they've got to realise is that they can never diminish themselves, for they are who they are, whatever they do, whatever they do not do; they are what they are. This is their value, their essential quality. Therefore, there is no need to retaliate. No need to rebuff because: I will give you a little analogy.

Picture if you will a castle or a hill. Picture one of those old scenes; ancient scenes where there's an army throwing rocks at this castle with those machines. But the walls of the castle are so strong they are impregnable, rocks just bounce off without doing any damage. But what would you advise the army within the castle to do? Would you advise them to charge out and do battle with these mischievous people who have these machines? Would you let them sit tight and weather the storm? They've got plenty of food and water to see them through the winter while them folks outside will starve and go thirsty. So it's a bit like that. You are strong, each of you within your fortress. If you must sally forth, do it for the good of the other person not out of a need to retaliate.

Q: Would you say then that a country that was under attack from another country that they shouldn't fight back but allow the invaders to come in?

Thomas: No I do not rightly say that for there you have a different situation. If you get some other country trying to invade you, you've got to show strength to them and you've got to stand your ground and you've got to debate with them. You've got to try to bring about peace through cooperation, through talking, through standing your ground; but also be prepared to talk. Sometimes those folks will still want to beat you up. You've got to be prepared to stand your ground but I don't mean looking for a fight; this is about standing your ground and trying by whatever means you can to avoid the battle. The truth is, trying to avoid the battle and the hardship that will come, not just to them folks but to you and you kin and friends and to the kin and friends of those soldiers on the other side who are innocent in all of this.

Q: It's a hard one though, this non-attachment, Thomas.

Thomas: Yeah but if you are non-attached you will make good decisions, you will make good judgments, for you are non-attached. You have no wish for one thing or the other but only the truthful way, the good way, the best way, without fear or favour.

Someone decided to change the subject and asked:

Q: Have you been able to look at some of your other lives?

Thomas: Yes, I spent one life in Egypt but most have been spent in Africa.

Q: Were your other lives more pleasant?

Thomas: Yes, but like I have said to you before, there was a richness in my life in Alabama and in what came from it. I would not wish anyone to go through it but equally I do not regret it.

Q: Did you choose it before you were born?

Thomas: Well I knew it was a possibility because of what was going on at that time but it was not sort of inevitable.

Q: If you hadn't been captured would there have been some other way you could have achieved the same learning from that life?

Thomas: I do not rightly know mam whether I would have been as richer a person at the end of that life than when I was at the end in Alabama. I do not rightly know, for it taught me forbearance, it taught me love, for in great suffering great love can be born, great compassion can be awakened, great patience can be developed.

Q: It's hard for us to imagine choosing a life where there was a possibility that we would suffer like that. Are there many of you together, Thomas from that same time?

Thomas: Yeah there are quite a number who grew up together, you might say, in spiritual life.

Q: Did they all reach the same level as you, Thomas?

Thomas: No not all. People vary in their ability to respond to the situation. It's not easy.