The ego is all the nontangible things that hold us back from having inner peace. The simplest way is to consciously defeat your ego every day by following these steps:

• Know you are worthy and deserving Notice how unfulfilled you are in your life
• Be truthful about what you notice
• Acknowledge that while this may have been the path you have been on for some time there is always room for change
• Accept that you have been blessed on this path by way of experiences and lessons learned
• Visualize the life you want
• Shift slowly in the direction of your desires.
• Take a class, save up to relocate, start your business, talk to your partner about your relationship, cut off those who are not aligned with your new path etc.
• Be open to receive everything you need to live this life and it will come by way of resources, advice, time etc.

And if needed, give your ego an identity that you can physically beat down if required. The last one may seem a bit violent coming from an Inner Peace Guru and Reiki Master Teacher but when you know you are worthy of better, you will do what needs to be done just like a momma bear protecting her cub!

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In this episode we discuss the foundation of Inner Peace, meditation. Meditation is the key to connecting with your soul and escaping your Shawshank aka your institutionalized existence.

Last month I discussed identifying and analyzing my Shawshank Redemption life where I noted I am a fusion of the characters Andy and Red. This month I want to explore identifying as institutionalized, how, why we stay in this state and how to free ourselves through inner peace should we seek to be an Andy.