by Marc Gafni from  Your Unique Self
Your ego thinks that you are special because you are better or worse than other people. Your Unique Self knows you are special because you are yourself. For the ego, “special†means “better than.†For your Unique Self, “special†or “different†means distinct and free from any comparison or point of reference. Your specialness is your spontaneous experience of your essence.
For further discussion (by Kerstin Zohar Tuschik):
Everybody has his or her own way of feeling special in the sense of ego specialness – every type, every level of consciousness. For some it might even be the belief that everybody else is special except me. Basically all those patterns are based on the insecurity: Does my life count at all? Do I have a right to exist if I am not more or better than…? [Read more…]