What is of ultimate concern?

I am teaching you to associate misery with the ego and joy with the spirit. You have taught yourself the opposite. You are still free to choose, but can you really want the rewards of the ego in the presence of the rewards of God? T-4.VI.5: 6 - 8

A Course in Miracles . Foundation for Inner Peace. Kindle Edition. 

When people make a mistake sometimes someone will say, “What were you thinking!?”

We have been conditioned and socialized by society, the world of the ego, to desire certain things thinking they will make us happy. We find out that we made a bad choice. The choice for the ego was a mistake. This recognition sometimes leads to the awareness that there must be a better way. This awareness motivates a search which takes us from the world of the ego to the world of the soul.

Unitarian Universalists covenant together to encourage each other's spiritual growth. Spiritual growth is facilitated by a map and a compass and we begin to move from an egocentric and ethnocentric worldview to a world centric and integral worldview. Having a map shows us what is possible and a working compass helps us find the way.

Today, it is suggested that a decision be made to explore the world of the soul instead of the world of ego. We simply need to ask ourselves, “considering everything in my life, what really matters?”