Practitioner’s Voice

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Leave the Ego at Home

By Tim Hancock, R.Sc.P.

As many of you know, I have been active during most of the ten and one-half years that I have been at this sacred space. I’ve done everything from ushering, preparing fellowship, teaching classes, planning events and serving on the Board of Trustees. And, of course, I’m a Practitioner. All of this is done out of love and the sense of “being home.” It has been often time consuming and at times a financial endeavor, but not a burden that ever pushed me to the brink.

I think one of the greatest attributes of our Science of Mind philosophy is that we are not at the destination, but on a life path. While on this sacred journey, we have the opportunity to learn and “change our thinking, change our life”.

I participated at home with the Oprah Winfrey-Eckhart Tolle New Earth weekly seminars. Recently I was sitting and meditating about my service on the Board of Trustees when a thought came to me, “LEAVE THE EGO AT HOME!”

Okay, what was that about? I love participating and serving my community whenever I can. What is so egotistic about that? After further investigation, I realized that I spent a lot of time and energy on worrying about the outcome or result. What would it look like? How would other people judge it? Is it something that will carry forth in the months and years to come? Those were great concerns that were always in the back of my mind while I was lovingly and joyfully carrying out the task. Now I began thinking, “Was I really lovingly and joyfully carrying out the task?” Perhaps not.

In The New Earth, Tolle talks about the ego and its workings. I realized that I was serving with some fear of judgment. To my surprise, I discovered that I judged others who were also providing their service, as well as the results of their labor.

Now I know what is meant by “leave the ego at home.” If I work with love and integrity, the end result will always be exactly what it should be. What a wonderful and spiritual way to see a different path for me to take when I’m serving our spiritual community.

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