The Green Platform Chapter One

THE GREEN PLATFORM
for a cause and too often we unwittingly help him find that cause.
The Ego is your deadliest foe in life – the enemy within. If you
can understand that and then become aware of the Ego’s negative
influence on your life, this is the first serious breakthrough.
There is an old African proverb that says: “If there is no
enemy on the inside, the enemy on the outside doesn’t matter.”
I found it groundbreaking the first time, many years ago,
when I was made aware of what prompts so many of my thoughts
and negative attitude in the course of any given day.
In the intervening period, I have had the need every day to stop
and realise that the Ego is still there, trying to coax and cajole me
onto his home base – The Red Platform.
And, of course, sometimes he still wins. But at this stage I’m
catching him more quickly now. The one thing we know for sure
is that awareness is power. Often when I find myself slipping into
victim mode about something, the simple thought clicks into my
mind: “This is the Ego trying to fool me.”
I can then jump from Red Platform to Green Platform literally
by thinking that one thought. Bringing the light of awareness to
the darkness of the Ego’s behaviour.
A little miracle occurs in your life every time you realise that.
Once we decide to put up our hand and say: “Enough. I will
decide how I will live my life today,” we get a power into our life that
is simply amazing.
Like all miracles, it is just a simple change in attitude that brings
a massive change in how we can enjoy our lives. Each one of us must
reclaim our own lives by being aware of what makes us unhappy
(the Ego’s agenda) and learn how to be happy and in control of our
own destiny.
Here is another little sentence that packs a real punch if we are
to truly reclaim our lives.
The best way to understand life is to accept it.
To be one with life. Once you see the value of acceptance then
you apply what I call the PAN formula … acceptance plus Positive
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