Oscar Pissed Story us

 The Oscar story had us all, well and truly pissed off.

About 8am on the 14^th of February as I was sitting at my office desk I heard on the radio that Oscar Pistorius had shot and killed his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. Within an hour the story was all over the world news and the people of South Africa found themselves immersed and mesmerized by the Oscar story.

The story was like a huge magnetic force field of energy whirling throughout South Africa, like a tornado travelling at the speed of light sweeping up the consciousness of every person that was in its path.

I was one of these people who got up in the Oscar story tornado, I was glued to the TV and within an hour my beliefs of what I believe to be true started to dissect the story and come up with a conclusion of what was the truth.

My ego was having a field day as I went round judging Oscar and the circumstances and claiming that I knew what had happened, “he was guilty, he killed her in a crime of passion; and that’s what happens when you ego creates,” I said to my wife. “It gives you everything then takes it away within a flash” Oh yes, I certainly had all the answers in one hour’s time…

My ego persona had completely taken over the driving seat of my soul and it had been waiting for this chance for a long time. It had been sitting in the passenger seat for many years taking directions from the higher mind, just waiting for its chance to grab back the driving seat and take control of my human experience.

The hype and the huge attention the Oscar story had received, presented the chance the ego persona had long been waiting for and it wasn’t going to miss it.

It knew that all the hype and attention the Oscar story was receiving would soon suck me in like a huge energy tornado and I was right.

The ego was like Sméagol in the Lord of the Rings, it does not matter how Sméagol tried to resist the ring, the ring was just too powerful for him and in the end he forfeited his life as he jumped off the cliff to grab his dearly beloved ring; he just wanted one more chance to hold it.

The ego is the same, if you give the ego a window of opportunity to take back the driving seat, it will grab it with all its might and my ego saw this chance and just like Sméagol jumped for it…

Within a week, wherever I was, I was engaged with someone who was talking about the Oscar story. May it be my wife, my family, clients or friends, at the mall or at a social gathering, it was on every news channel. It had even taken over sky sport news, it was their number one story for days. Even people I knew overseas were sending me SMS’s about the Oscar story, it was engulfing my life.

Everyone had their own opinion on what had happened, “he was guilty, he was just an egoistic person that was obsessed with fame and could not see anyone getting the better of him”.

“He is innocent; it was a tragic accident, this empowering, kind loving man who has overcome so many obstacles in his life could never have done a thing like that”.

“ It was a crime of passion, a moment of anger and he just lost it for a moment and now has so much deep regret, it is tearing him apart”.

 Even opinions about Reeva;

“She had other agendas, she was not so innocent, she was after fame and she was using Oscar to become more famous”; on and on it went.

Funny enough the focus was not so much on Reeva losing her life… it was more on Oscar and weather if he is guilty or not, the limelight was on Oscar for sure. 

If there is one thing that stands out in the Oscar story, it is the diverse polarities of our world’s opinions. It was clear to see that the Yin and Yang of Oneness were showing itself in all its glory.

I saw people get very emotional, even angry as they expressed what they believed to be true and what they believed to be true was the truth and that was that.

I found myself doing the same, what I believed to be the truth, was the truth and I was going to put my point forward, because I am right.

The Oscar story had us all, well and truly pissed off.

Yes, I was fully engaged in this story and it was not long that it started to impact and show up in all areas of my life. My business deals started to go negative, I was moody and irritated most of the time and my old fears started to appear again. I was doing things and saying things that the old Paul used to do and say. My printer, computer screen, my house alarm and my pump for my pond boomed out, this all certainly cost me. I nearly had a car accident and I became arrogant in many other ways.

My life started to represent the whirlwind of the Oscar story and my ego was fully engaged and running the show, it was the one that was creating now and it was creating havoc.

After a week I said no more, and went back to my meditation room and began working on myself with my techniques, purge, purge and purge, is what I mostly did for days and nights.

 After a while my body went through the purging process, I had terrible headaches, flu symptoms and body pains. It took a full week to transform all that judgement and self-righteous attitude and behavior.

After a week of working on myself, my business, my state of being and my life was back on track.

Yip! everything is honky dory again and I have a new printer, computer screen, pond pump and house alarm.

This has shown me one thing, you must always be aware of what you choose to participate to experience in, as what you focus on will affect all aspects of your life.

 When you judge others or become self-righteous and think you know it all, the ego is going to grab that window of opportunity and take back control of the soul’s experience, as this is how it’s designed. This is its natural state and just like Sméagol, give it a chance and it will go for it.

Two weeks have now passed since I first heard the Oscar story on the radio and there is no doubt in my mind, that it is our state of being that creates all aspects of our lives. And what we choose to engage in will become our state of being and that state of being will be reflected back to us in our lives as life experiences.

The world is neutral and we give it meaning from our state of being, this I can clearly see as truth or maybe I should rather say, my truth, as truth is only what we believe to be true.

There were many different ways I could have reacted to this experience that appeared in my world. I could have observed it without an opinion. I could have participated in it without labels or judgments.  I could have preferred not to observe it at all.

But I did what I did, and what I did, gave me a deeper understanding of The Secret of Manifestation.

As it is in life, there is no wrong or right, good or bad, everything just is, and we get to give it a meaning from our state of being and whatever meaning we give it will become our state of being.

Thus yet again we will create and define the next life experience from that state of being.

 Around and around it goes, like a never-ending cycle until you say STOP let’s change something here and you change the state of being as I did, which of course then changes that life experience and how you define it.

Suddenly, just as I did, in the blink of an eye (relative to your life span) you find yourself on a totally different wheel of life experiences.

Maybe this is what is meant by the karma wheel, what goes around comes around.

About the Author:  My name is Paul Birnie, and I am the creator of ‘The Secret of Manifestation”.  I appreciate that you have taken the time to read this article. Please feel free to share this article, as The Secret of Manifestation is dedicated to sharing information on spiritual awakening subjects. I am also the creator of the Oneness Pendant and writer of the book “The Secret of Manifestation’ that can be purchased at http://www.onenesspendants.com

Tags: Manifestation, The Ego