How to deal with the four selves?

This is a simple task! Allow the physical, emotional and mental selves to be used as mere tools. And use the fourth self, which is the spiritual self, to dominate and guide you.

The spiritual self that you have within you is linked to the spiritual self within everyone else, too. And this universal spirit is the matrix that joins every creature on this planet. All we have to do is to allow ourselves to be guided by it.

There is no set technique or mantra to be followed for this. We simply need to realize that the physical, emotional and mental selves are mere instruments to be carried and used by the spiritual self. Let’s not allow these three to give us negative thoughts or emotions.

Let us ask ourselves: Do we enjoy feeling negative, or being surrounded by negativity? No! And yet we don’t stop the three selves from over-ruling the spiritual self.

It is important to understand that it is not the energy from people or situations that is negative. It is our perception of them that is negative. So if the physical, emotional and mental selves don’t perceive anything to be negative, then there will be no negativity around us, thereby letting the spiritual self dominate.

For example, if you see someone holding a knife in their hand, you can either think that the person is going to the kitchen to chop vegetables, or the person is going to use it as a weapon against you. The knife or its energy does not change, but your perception of what that person is going to do with the knife is what matters. How do you control this? By letting your spiritual self dominate the other three.

Let’s make living in the spiritual self a way of life; that will ensure that we do not live in negativity. And that will mean that the physical, emotional and mental selves will not rule us.