Meet the Trickster: How The Ego Keeps You Stuck

Uncover how the ego subtly controls your thinking, locking you in patterns of fear and limitation. Learn how to spot its tricks, release fear-based habits, and align with your true path through self-acceptance.

What If the Voice in Your Head is—Wrong?

You know that voice—the one that, no matter how much you achieve, whispers—

"It’s not enough.”

"You’re not good enough.”

"You can’t do this.”

It’s the same voice that appears whenever you’re on the verge of change, keeping you blocked in patterns of self-doubt and fear.?

But what if that voice isn’t you at all? What if that voice is just an unconscious habit?

Two Sides of Your Mind: Ego VS Spirit

In NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming), the universal law of duality shows us that everything has two sides—including the voices of ego and Spirit within us.

With awareness, you can see through the stories you tell yourself and choose wisely. The ones that come from ego limit you, while those aligned with Spirit create a positive momentum that also results in inner peace and fulfilment.

The Open Acceptance Method (OAM) provides a practical map to make this choice—to ground yourself in love, rather than the ego’s fear distortions. Instead of being at the mercy of fear-based thinking, you can choose to change the unconscious agreements driving them and listen to the quiet, steady voice of Love within.

At OAM we call it the Game of Life—in this game, you’re not just a player; you are the creator, the director, and the narrator.?

You’re the author of your destiny—writing the story in each moment.?

The Ego’s Game

The ego isn’t just a villain in the Game of Life—it’s the voice you choose to listen to when fear distorts your reality.?

This inner narrator craves control, attention and validation, creating stories that drive its hidden agenda to feel insecure, dissatisfied, and inadequate.

Here’s the thing: Your stories create your reality.

According to the universal law of cause and effect, you’re either creating your reality or reacting to it.?

Every story you tell yourself, every belief you reinforce, either strengthens your agreement with fear and ego OR supports a new agreement with love, allowing Spirit to shine through you.

Awareness is Your Choice

Awareness gives you a choice: stay entangled in the ego’s games or step back, observe, and choose differently.?

By noticing ego-driven thoughts without acting on them, you strip them of their power.

Every moment you practice being present you outsmart your ego and take a step toward greater freedom, clarity, and happiness.

But, to outsmart a genius, you must first get to know him—

Meet the Ego: The Trickster Within

“I am the Trickster. Good to meet you.”

You think you know me? Most do. But oh, they're so mistaken.

I am "the Ego"—the voice you think you hear but never see; the energy you feel but cannot touch. I am neither a villain nor a hero. I simply am.

I fulfill your will—like an upside-down effect.?

I feed off your energy, especially your fears, doubts, and insecurities, which you give me willingly—it keeps our dirty little secret hidden from your conscious awareness.

Don’t be a hater. I didn’t create this—I exist on the power of your belief. I show you your unconscious fear agreements—the ones you’d rather not see.

I Am Never Enough

No matter how much you achieve, your cup remains half-empty. Your thirst for validation—never quenched. Like a mirage, I whisper in your ear sweet nothings of self-doubt and insecurity, keeping you in an ever-elusive search for more—

• Where nothing is ever enough.
• Because you are never enough.

I Am the Law of Limitation

I rule the realm of fear you can’t escape—a place bound by limitations, where love is a distorted tale of a need with no end.?

Here, love is punishment, possession, and even destruction. It’s a story that always ends in your inevitable suffering.

I Detest Clarity

If you saw things clearly, I’d have no power.

So I keep our agreement unconscious—with you unaware, bound in stories tangled in half-truths, distractions and “what-ifs,”— spinning circles of thoughts into murky webs of fear.

I Love Your Ignorance

Ignorance is my playground. The less you know, the more room I have to keep you believing that fear is real. This illusion keeps our little game in play.

I Am Only as Strong as Your Belief

Remember, I am your creation—the power of belief is yours.

When you align with Spirit, I am no-thing.?

Think of me what you will—your story of me is what makes me powerful or weak.?

These are the choices you consistently make which define your hero’s journey or great tragedy.

The Responsibility of Your Mind?

In this world of duality, there is no true lack of awareness—only the choice to observe your stories or believe them.

The ego thrives on your fear and doubt, but Spirit is always present as a quiet strength, waiting for you to tune in.

Remember: Love is Always Present

The ego’s world exists only in stories of the past or future.?

Love exists now, within you, always available. Love is what's left when you let go of the ego’s tricks and simply choose to be present instead.

At OAM, we use a powerful question to help us turn the tables on the ego and release its grip. The question is—

“What can I learn from this?”

This question frees you from the ego’s drama and positions you as the cause of your life, to align with Spirit’s wisdom.

Acceptance is The Key to Happiness

Understanding the ego’s nature is the first step to outsmarting it.

Acceptance means seeing through the ego’s tricks—the busyness, judgments, and worries that steal your joy and presence.?

Remember: each moment brings a choice—

• To believe your ego’s tricks?
• Or trust the steady voice of Spirit instead

If you choose to trust, you’ll see your life unfold into an epic story of freedom, abundance, love, and clarity.

Your Life Is a Story You’re Writing Right Now.?

Remember, you are the author. Will you let the ego hijack your story??

Or are you ready to step into the bigger picture and align with the story of Spirit instead?

The choice is yours.?

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Ready To Choose Love?

If you’re ready to uncover your unconscious agreements with the ego and shift toward more love, joy and abundance—join me in one of my upcoming events.

30 Days of Intentionally Micro-Dosing Life – Start a daily intention-setting practice of choosing Spirit over ego. We begin Nov 19th.

Superhuman Summit Keynote: Choosing Inner Truth Over Ego’s Tricks – A deep dive into understanding the choice between ego and Spirit.

Join Kathryn Woolf and me for our 90-minute OAM Method workshop, Aligning with Presence: Practical Tools for Spirit-Driven Leadership, where you’ll gain our best tools for leading with love.

Catch the summit live from 11.11.24. Tickets cost $39. Get a 30% discount with the code SUPERHUMANME.

Hope to see you soon. Much love,?

Renier Jooste

Open Acceptance Method (OAM) Founder, Certified Master NLP & Hypnotherapy Practitioner, Firewalking & Breathwork Instructor, Strategic Intervention Specialist, Body Language & Micro-Expression Expert, Human Behaviour Specialist, Core Human Needs Therapy Practitioner and Reiki Level 2 Practitioner

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