When we expose and release the obstacles of personal pride in the mind, we realize we were created perfect and accept ourselves.
We hide our divine Self by trying to be important or by being loved in a special way. We are constantly trying to improve and become a better self. This is exhausting and unnecessary. The ego fears loosing itself. We fear intimacy in relationships because we fear being swept away by glorious Love. Ultimately, this Love is experienced beyond the interpersonal context. We feel guilty and fearful of God. All our unconscious guilt comes because, deep down, we believe we’ve separated from God. The ego is the big, guilty secret. When we expose it, we are free of it.