Being One Up on the Ego Builds Faith - (1596)

Weathered the Storm

As soon as we have managed to have weathered a storm of an ego and have survived it without having given in to its desires (we may have despaired emotionally a little or believe in its logic for a while etc.), we have done something terrific!

Laid Down a Brick of Faith

When we weather a storm, we have laid down a solid brick of real faith for ourselves that will be immensely useful in the future.

This brick of faith will tell you that when we are about to face a storm from the same ego or a different one, as we have done it once we can do it again and we can survive it and be fine on the other side.

Of course it will be difficult and in the middle of it we may think that we can't take it anymore, but somehow we got over that before and we will do it again, and will be better off for having done it.

If we Gave In Don't Despair

If we passed through a storm and gave in, don't despair another one is on its way if you keep your line of working on it and try again, this time you will do better because you have more experience. 

You know what it is like to give in and as you don't want that you will have more resolve this time to do much better. Sometimes our progress is to give in less and less until one day we don't give in and we weather the storm.

Laugh in the Storm

As you have weathered the storm once, while in the next storm laugh. Because you know that all these emotions and thoughts that seem so real, so compelling, so indismissable will all pass soon and they will seem like a dream, just like a mirage that seemed real but are not really real!

End (1596).