Higher Dimensions Network founder Becky Pascal talks ego, meditation, gratitude and an open heart in her latest blog.

I’m  feeling inspired to write about a recent meditation.  I have been utilizing various guided meditations by Dr. Joe Dispenza (a.k.a. Dr. Joe)  for the past couple of months.  In the various CD tracks, he asks the meditator to imagine and also feel the state of being for which she or he is meditating to achieve.  I continually find myself coming back to this same state of being, which is GRATITUDE.  In this state of gratitude, my heart is open.  I’m in a state of graciousness and forgiveness; not only for others but also for myself.  I don’t know about you, but I find it easier to forgive others than it is to forgive myself.  When I examine why this is so, in its purest sense, I believe it is my ego.  My ego holds myself to a higher standard than others.  Somehow I believe that I should be performing at a higher state of consciousness because I spend so much time in meditation, contemplation, study and prayer.  Perhaps, I have devoted a significant amount of time and attention to aggrandizing my state of consciousness and awareness through egoic awareness.  It’s through contemplation of why I am not achieving my set goals that I become aware of my state of being.