Fear,ego, or intuition?
QUESTION: Masters I am in an 8 month relationship. We took a trip month 2. Here and ‘felt’ I was with the wrong person for me but I stayed in the relationship. Today I feel that I am at the end of his priority list. Again, I feel that I should walk away. I want to be honest with myself. Is this feeling to walk away fear/ego or intuition? I want to be able to distinguish the difference. ~Love, USA
ANSWER: You have a terrific need to be needed so you stay in situations where you think you will find love. You allow others to take your power of decision away from you by being their puppet. You are making your entire situation way more complicated than it really is.
Fear is dominant in your relationship. You are afraid that if you leave, you will not find someone who will spend as much time with you; the quality of the time has become immaterial. The fear comes from one of your life lessons. You came to learn self-worth and to trust your inner powers.
Ego is the controlling force of the human being. Society determines everything about everything through judgment. In classifying things as better than or less than, richer or poorer, smarter or dumber, society gives value to its members. These judgments are important to you only if you accept that all things need to be graded.
The spiritual approach to looking at a characteristic is to evaluate if it is something you would like to experience, or if it is something not needed by you. All these thoughts are the province of the mind and the recordings of what you have been told, seen from others, or read.
Intuition, or acknowledging your inner feelings, comes from within and is the essence of the soul. When you sense you should do something, whether or not your thinking process agrees, you are tapping into who you are. Using your thinking to make determinations is relying on the opinions of others.
True power comes only from relying on your intuition and what resonates with you. You have been so dependent on the thoughts of others that you feel paralyzed when it comes to making a decision. Go inside and see how the idea makes you feel (i.e., your intuition). If it feels right to you, follow it.