Why is it important to change your lower you

While growing up, I had one big confusion.

To change or not to change.

People said you need to change to grow. Then some other people said don’t change yourself for the world, you are unique.

I was like what the hell is going on.

Which one should I follow?

And which is the right one?

No idea.

Sometimes, I changed unknowingly due to the influence of my friends and surroundings and I was like, this isn’t good. This isn’t me. I must not change.

So I corrected myself. But still, that dilemma wasn’t gone.

Whether I am right now or I was right earlier, that question always kept banging my head.

And you won’t believe, I lived with that for almost twenty-five years of my life.

Then, I realized there has to be a way and like Rumi’s famous quote-“What you seek is also seeking you”, I came across a few books that led me to the path which has given me some clarity on this age-old question of mine.

It’s not that I have got the Moksha now, It’s just that I know now that its an ongoing process & I need to keep working on it.

I’m sure you have also felt that and wondering what exactly is the answer?

Should you change?

Should you not change?

The answer is Yes and No, Both.

All of us have some white, some grey and some black areas in our personality & our lives.

The process is to work for converting those grey and black areas into white ones.

The white ones are the areas which are based on the age-old proven sound principles of life and work for your good and people around you.

Whereas, the grey & black ones are the areas which go against the spirit of a human being & its existence.

White ones belong to the Higher You, the one which gives you confidence, happiness, and spreads blessings around you.

Grey & black ones belong to the Lower you, always pushing you down.

So the answer to that question is that you have to work to change the ideas belonging to the lower you whereas the ones belonging to higher you need not change.

Now the question is what is the need to do that.

Right,

Why should you do that?

I mean, you are perfectly liked by your family, friends, have a good career, good health, then why should you change?

Here is the answer to this age-old question.

To make your life from good to great

“Good is the enemy of great. And that is one of the key reasons why we have so little that becomes great. Few people attain great lives, in large part because it is just so easy to settle for a good life.”― Jim Collins

Whatever you have become in your life, whatever you have achieved in your life till now is due to the higher you.

That means, you have reached here in spite of your lower you pulling you down.

Remember when you were going for that interview and your lower you said-‘I think you won’t get it, no point in going.”

But you went and got that job.

And then there were other times when you listened to your lower you and didn’t follow the dream you have.

So while you are perfectly settled in your job because that day you listened to your higher you, you are away from your dream career because you listened to your lower you.

That is the difference and the people who crushed their lower self and gave more oxygen to their higher self are the people who have a career they wanted, life partner they wanted and the life they wanted, because they listened to their higher self who believed in them.

To get maximum from your time

“Time isn’t the main thing, its the only thing”-Miles Davis.

We all have the same 24 hours in a day but some of us live like we have only 24 hours and some of us live like WE HAVE 24 HOURS.

The difference is that the first ones know time is limited & they need to make the best use of it.

So when their lower self says let’s watch one more season of their favorite web series, or some program on TV, they listen to their higher self who guides them to work on their dream life, their career, their health, their finances & their relationships.

And the second one, well they listen to the lower self to watch that movie one more time, binge watch a series one more time, watch that serial one more time and you know why?

Because Anyways, they have 24 hours, and they are like let me finish this, I will talk to my spouse later, I will play with my children later, I will manage my finances later, I will work on my side hustle later and that later on never comes.

But once you change to listen to this lower self and listen more to your higher self, you move into the category of first ones who get more work done at the same time and enjoy their life in every aspect.

To give your family the biggest gift of your life

“Take care of your body. Its the only place you have to live”-Jim Rohn

What is the best gift that you can give to your family?

Think.

Okay, I will tell you.

Your health.

Wondering how?

A gift is something that adds value to the life of the receiver. Ideally, it must be something which they like, enjoy and is of good use to them.

Whatever we give to our family, it will have some financial value, some emotional value attached to it.

Now when you become ill, your family is burdened, emotionally, physically, and financially.

But by taking care of your health, you are adding value to their lives in all the ways.

But what do we do?

We listen to our lower self, eat all that stuff which is unhealthy, don’t exercise cause lower self doesn’t like that, take lots of tension, once again that is a favorite time pass for lower self and the result is a few days or sometimes a few years of emotional, financial and physical torture to our loved ones.

Would you like to do that?

I’m sure No one would like that.

This itself is a big reason to not listen to your lower self next time it talks to you.

To serve the humanity with the gift only you have

“Your talent is God’s gift to you, what you do with it is your gift back to God”-Leo Buscaglia

All of us have come to this world with some gifts. Almighty never sends anyone empty-handed.

The only issue is that some of us use it, some of us keep it safe with us till our last breath.

Why?

Because, your lower self told you, you are not good enough, people will laugh at you, what would your neighbor’s think, worse what would your family think of you.

And the reality is that no one gives a damn about what’s happening in your life.

Those who think and believe will encourage you and those who don’t believe, well that’s their problem, not yours.

Your problem is to stop listening to that lower self and listen to that higher self who believed in you, who knows that you have got it.

You have to change your response to both of them, listen more to the higher self and lesser to lower self, and treat this world with your talent, with the gift that only you have.