You feel the surface desires and petty interests that come from your Lower Self. Things that don’t have significant meaning. Things that make no real difference to your purpose or identity.
The problem is not that your Lower Self exists or that you feel its impulses. It exists in all of us. We all feel the impulsive desires for fame, fortune, credit, blame, power, status, comfort, or other things.
The problem is when your Lower Self takes charge and acts as your commanding internal force. The problem begins when you start prioritizing the desires of your Lower Self over the calling of your Higher Self.
Your Higher Self belongs in the lead. Your Lower Self belongs in a supporting role.
When your Lower Self takes the lead, its desires push purpose, meaning, and identity into subordinating roles. That’s not where they belong.
You don’t need to eliminate impulses or desires. You do need to keep them in proper relation with your Higher Self.
You need to keep purpose, meaning, and identity in charge of your decisions, your actions, and your life.
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