‘Your ego is too small.’ Countless of my students and patients say my ego is too small, and I should have more. They’ve experienced my knowledge and abilities. They say I should ‘shout my therapy results from the rooftops.’ Or, ‘tell the world of the depth and breadth of knowledge in my spiritual, angelic, psychic, and therapy teachings.’
Yet I also hear the opposite, ‘Your ego is too big.’ These people have not been my student or patient, yet suggest I stop saying how good I am, and have less ego. How can they say I have big ego, when they have no personal experience of my teachings or healings? Yet they spread bad words. And their bad publicity is hurtful to my soul. And it can hurt my ability to help others in need.
Over the years groups of my students banded together, to promote me. It felt uncomfortable – I didn’t want to be seen as having ego! In the 1990s, one group led by a beautiful lady, Carol (I deeply wish there’d been time to stay friends!) said, ‘Allan, you’re different. Your knowledge and results are different. Those differences must be marketed. You need to start ‘Allan Sweeney Clinics.’'
We had many meetings. ‘Allan Sweeney Clinics’ never opened. It felt uncomfortably egotistical to have my name on clinics. I wonder what difference “Allan Sweeney” clinics would now make in the world, if I hadn’t prevented them opening with my lack of ego.
There’s the dilemma. If one becomes a master of a trade how is that explained to others, without being considered egotistical?
Last month, a writing workshop facilitator emailed, suggesting I talk about my new publishing company. So I did. Most people were interested, and happy to learn from my publishing knowledge. I received many positive emails.
Days later, I heard one lady had spread rumours around London I had too much ego because I talked about how I could help others publish their books. And I’d been asked to!
You can’t win with some negative people. They think they are spiritual, and have love, but see negatives where they want to, then gossip their version of untruth.
I feel sorry for negative people who gossip horrible comments. If there is one, eventually they'll answer to the God of Karma...
Yet I also hear the opposite, ‘Your ego is too big.’ These people have not been my student or patient, yet suggest I stop saying how good I am, and have less ego. How can they say I have big ego, when they have no personal experience of my teachings or healings? Yet they spread bad words. And their bad publicity is hurtful to my soul. And it can hurt my ability to help others in need.
Over the years groups of my students banded together, to promote me. It felt uncomfortable – I didn’t want to be seen as having ego! In the 1990s, one group led by a beautiful lady, Carol (I deeply wish there’d been time to stay friends!) said, ‘Allan, you’re different. Your knowledge and results are different. Those differences must be marketed. You need to start ‘Allan Sweeney Clinics.’'
We had many meetings. ‘Allan Sweeney Clinics’ never opened. It felt uncomfortably egotistical to have my name on clinics. I wonder what difference “Allan Sweeney” clinics would now make in the world, if I hadn’t prevented them opening with my lack of ego.
There’s the dilemma. If one becomes a master of a trade how is that explained to others, without being considered egotistical?
Last month, a writing workshop facilitator emailed, suggesting I talk about my new publishing company. So I did. Most people were interested, and happy to learn from my publishing knowledge. I received many positive emails.
Days later, I heard one lady had spread rumours around London I had too much ego because I talked about how I could help others publish their books. And I’d been asked to!
You can’t win with some negative people. They think they are spiritual, and have love, but see negatives where they want to, then gossip their version of untruth.
I feel sorry for negative people who gossip horrible comments. If there is one, eventually they'll answer to the God of Karma...
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