No enemies, only masters
The ego sees those who oppose it, those who criticize it or those who hurt it as enemies, bad people who need to be fought or removed. Consciousness sees these people as its greatest teachers. It is in front of those who challenge us that our ego appears, that our faults are shown, that we need to learn to forgive, to have patience, to love. Without the challenges, you'd never know where you're still trapped. Thank those who challenge you, for they are the ones who help you the most.

True Friendships
The ego collects contacts, useful people, people who admire it. He has many acquaintances, but few friends. Consciousness chooses relationships by harmony, by truth, by love. A true friendship is the one where you can be yourself, no masks, no fear of judgment, where both grow up together. When you get rid of your ego, some people walk away. — And all right, they weren't part of your path anymore. — And new people, more aligned with your soul, appear.

Forgive yourself
You usually forgive others, but what about yourself? The ego is hard, demanding and cruel to itself. He keeps past mistakes, keeps blaming himself, punishing himself, saying he should have done better. But you did the best you could with what you knew then. To forgive yourself is to understand that error is part of learning, that no one is perfect, and that you deserve affection and understanding as much as anyone else. How you treat yourself, treat the world.

Relationships as a mirror
Everything you love or hate about others is something that's inside you. What you love is a quality that you also have and admire. What you hate or criticize is something you do not accept or deny in yourself. The people around you are mirrors that show who you are. When you like everything you see in others, when you accept everything, it means that you have finally accepted and loved everything that is in you. That's the end of the separation.

Love heals everything

The ego creates division, the consciousness creates unity. The only force capable of dissolving all problems, all conflicts, all pain and all ego is love. Not romantic love, but love as a state of being: affection, respect, understanding, compassion. When you react to a difficult situation with love, the other's ego doesn't know what to do, it disarms itself. Love is not weakness, it is the most powerful force in the universe. Whoever lives on love is free.

The Value of Your Work
No matter what you do: you clean, you teach, you sell, you create, you drive. The ego thinks that some jobs are more important than others, and that's why he becomes enraged or ashamed. Consciousness knows that every work that helps someone who improves the life of someone who contributes to the whole has the same sacred value. Value is not in function, it is in dedication, honesty and love with which it is made. Do what you do as if it were for God.

Work: service or status?
O ego escolhe o trabalho pelo quanto ganha, pelo quanto aparece, pelo status que dá. Ele sofre no trabalho, pois faz algo que não gosta, só para parecer bem-sucedido. A consciência escolhe o trabalho pelo que ele representa, pelo que ele pode oferecer de bom para as pessoas. Ela sabe que todo trabalho é sagrado, desde que feito com amor e dedicação. O trabalho deixa de ser um fardo e se torna uma forma de cumprir o seu propósito e servir ao mundo.

Amar sem possuir
O ego ama querendo possuir: “Você é meu, a sua vida é minha, você tem que fazer o que eu quero, não pode ir embora”. Ele transforma o amor em prisão e ciúme. A consciência ama sabendo que ninguém é de ninguém. Ela ama a liberdade do outro, quer ver o outro crescer, mesmo que não seja ao seu lado. Amar é dizer: “Eu estou aqui com você porque eu escolho, e você fica comigo porque você escolhe também”. O amor só é amor quando é livre.

Compassion: see yourself in all

When you see someone wrong, suffering, acting out of ego or ignorance, you don't judge anymore, you don't get angry, you don't walk away. You understand: "I've been that way, too, I've been wrong, I've suffered without knowing." You look at the person and you see a human being like you, trying to be happy, trying to protect yourself, trying to live, doing the best you can with what you know. Compassion is not pity, it is recognition. It's loving each other as part of yourself. And when you love, you help, you accept, you teach with the example, without demanding anything.

The End of Suffering
Suffering is not a consequence of life, it is a consequence of the resistance of the ego to life. He suffers because he wants things to be different from what they are, because he wants to control what he can't because he clings to what he goes through. When you free yourself from ego, it doesn't mean you won't have any more pain, disease, loss or difficulty. But pain remains pain, and suffering ends. The difference is that pain is natural, but suffering is the story you tell about pain. You feel, you accept, you live and you move on, without victimizing yourself, without getting lost. You're above the storm, in peace.