Distinction between Ego and Unique Self #20 — Past or Present

From Your Unique Self by Dr. Marc Gafni.

©2012 Photo courtesy of Stuart Miles.

The ego lives in the past, thinking it is the present. Therefore, the ego unconsciously confuses past with present. The ego is unable to create intimacy, which means meeting each other in the fullness of the present moment. To make real contact, you must be personal and present. Only the Unique Self can make contact. For the Unique Self, the present moment consciously includes the past and anticipates the future.

The ego confuses the past and the present. When you are confused–thinking you are present in the present while you are actually lost in a past trance–you are unable to act effectively, lovingly, or powerfully in the situation that you are in. And the past remains always unhealed.

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