Comparison & It’s Downfall To Our Wellbeing!
Reminder: Comparison is the thief of joy.
We’ve all heard this but I feel like it’s easy to fall into the trap of comparison without even realizing it.
Ego is set up to unconsciously look for what it doesn’t have and, then, complain about it and feel bad for itself for not having it.
It’s set up to think “all would be well if I had x, y and z”.
Then, it sees someone who has those things and it gets jealous.
Or it sets itself on a course to get z, y and z with the full expectation that it will finally feel satisfied once that occurs. All while missing the good that’s currently occurring in your life.
Ego compares itself based on what it has or doesn’t have, how far it’s come or hasn’t come, what it’s accomplished or hasn’t accomplished…
It compares itself based on where it lines up in the hierarchy of whatever it values (what it’s chasing, accumulating, creating, striving for, etc.).
This happens across all activities including a desire to spiritually awaken.
In this case, ego compares itself to someone who’s further down the path of awakening (feeling inferior to them), while also comparing itself to someone it has surpassed on the path of awakening (feeling superior).
All movement of comparison occurs within ego.
Ego either wants to prove it’s lack (by feeling inferior to others) or prove it’s not lacking (by feeling superior through its stature).
The entire movement is a function of lack, because, if it believed in its wholeness, there would be no motive to prove anything.
There would simply be an expression from a desire to extend its wholeness (love, creativity, joy, etc.).
So if you dropped the perception of comparison, you’d be left with the abundance of what already is.
And you would grow the experience of abundance through the continued expression of what already exists in you (wholeness, love, joy, creativity) and in your life (all the good that you already have and appreciate).
When you’re no longer looking through the lens comparison, you stop experiencing lack.
It becomes irrelevant if someone is experiencing something different (previously considered “better”) than you, because you’re abiding in the goodness and abundance of what already exists within you and in your physical life.
And if you want to move towards something new because your desire it from a pure place (versus thinking it’s missing/you’re lacking/you’re not enough, etc.), you do so from an abundantly loving place within.
Your life becomes an expression of overflow, instead of chasing, comparing and proving.
You’re operating from fulfillment instead of chasing fulfillment.
Wanting what someone else has at the expense of recognizing and appreciating what you do have (and already are) is ego’s attempt at seeking fulfillment.
It blinds you to the true treasure of what you are (wholeness) and keeps you in a never ending cycle of seeking it outside of yourself.
You may feel temporary hits of joy and happiness when you perceive that you have “gained” in some way, but it’ll never lead to the deep lasting joy that knowing your inner abundance (and existing outer abundance) can offer you.
So…
Comparison really is the thief of joy!
However, we’re all human and need this reminder every so often. 🙂
Always Shine Brightly,
Shanna
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