Surrender to a Higher Power. This is what your 12-step programs ask you to do, and some have trouble with this concept. To many, a Higher Power carries a negative connotation much akin to a boss. If there is a boss, then that would make the other a subordinate. The ego rebels at this. Ego wants to be the most important—subordinate to no one.
Tell the ego it is special. Tell ego it will always be the only one. Ego likes this, and it is true. There is only one ego for each manifestation of God. But please do not tell ego there is only one Power, and that power emanates from the one and only Source of Love. That power IS love. Ego is a false power. It does not like to surrender, for that act threatens its very existence.
Surrender to Love and discover that ego has no power. When you surrender to love, there is no longer a need for separation; there is no longer a need for ego. It does not take 12 steps to return to love. There is only one step. Step over ego, but do it gently, for ego has served you well. But ego’s day has passed. It is a new day, and your time has come.