Articles by Chemory Gunko/Amara Christi

People don’t understand you and you don’t fit in

If you’re really honest about it, the reason that you started the spiritual seeking was because you don’t fit into society - people don’t understand you or get you.

For most of us, the journey was tied to likability and popularity - obviously as we became more spiritual, more people would be drawn to us and like us.

Whether it was fixing the relationships with our parents, or our kids, or finding a lover, or a group to work with, the underlying presupposition was always that this journey would bring us closer to people, i.e. they would like us more.

Why it feels like you are so much less important than everyone else right now.

Loved this question and the response will fit what a lot of you are feeling :)

The 7Ps of Ego - Understanding Ego and Easily Solving Issues with Mirrors

Remember Ego is all about separation and identity.

Ego is the tool that enables us to break a larger soul into smaller, individuated pieces that have a complete identity. So it’s the mechanism of creation.

Ego responses and emotions (what humans call Ego), is anything that makes you feel inferior or superior to the person or situation in front of you.

Suicide & Depression: Podcast Interview SAfm with Rowena Baird and Chemory Gunko

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It often seems like the more you evolve spiritually, the more people seem to misunderstand you.

So why does humility in spirituality often get labeled as arrogance?

Inherently, we understand that forgiveness is powerful technique for freedom, but through lack of experience or understanding, we often don’t understand how.

What are the ways in which forgiveness frees you?

Ego is the thought that you are separate from God, and it’s your sense of identity.

It is the idea that you as a person exist, and the idea that your soul identity continues after death.

According to a 1988 Gallup Poll, 94% of respondents said it was important to forgive, while 85% said they couldn’t do it with outside help.

Even regular prayer was not found be effective in achieving forgiveness.

So what is it that people get wrong about forgiveness that makes it seem like it is so far outside our reach?