call it father, mother, child, grandparent, CEO, secretary, Christian, Muslim, Jew, American, German, Japanese, etc. These are the roles you play. None of these are the real you. If the role is taken away, you still exist. The nonphysical you, your spirit, is who you are.
Your security, then, is not found in roles or possessions. Your clarity about who you are allows you to create whatever roles or possessions you require to live meaningfully in this world. I worked with a man who was a multi millionaire. His best friend told me that if this man lost everything, he would again be a millionaire within a year. His security was within him–not in his possessions. Your security is within you. No matter who rejects you, no matter how many times you “fail”, you are still you. Those are just experiences. You learn from experience.
If you know who you are, then you know what you are. You are an expression of the all-encompassing Creative Intelligence. Whether you call this “God” or by another name, it is the same. Some religions say you are made in the image of God. Since you are of this Creative Intelligence, you are as It is. You are good. Your true nature is to connect with others, to love and be loved. People who seem incapable of loving and being loved are ruled by fear. They are living strictly from their egos. Fear is what causes us to forget who and what we are. The ego is the fearful personality we have made of ourselves that thinks it is separate from spirit and from other people.
The second principle of spiritual intelligence is a clear understanding of Universal Law. You reap what you sow. You receive what you give. Your deep seeded, usually unconscious thoughts and beliefs determine your