The Rule of the Ego.
When we attempt to control anyone or anything it’s because we ourselves are under the control of our ego, which is very dominating and controlling. Our ego is that part of our conscious mind ( that voice that’s always chattering in our head ) that’s always comparing, judging, and commenting on everything, as well as always telling us what we should and need to be doing if we want to survive, be safe, successful, admired, happy, loved, secure etc. etc. etc.
Basically, our ego controls and dominates our lower self, which is comprised of our physical body, our emotional body, or aura, and our lower, mental body, or aura. Spirit, that aspect of our being that is still connected to the Divine, or All-That-Is, resides on the causal, or fifth astral plane. Spirit has control over our higher, mental aura, which exists on the fourth astral plane. Our lower, mental “body,” or aura, exists on the third astral plane, while our emotional”body” exists on the second plane. Naturally, of course, our physical body exists on the physical, material, plane.
At a certain stage in our journey to enlightenment, or on our journey to live as our true, authentic self, we need to free ourselves from the rulership of our tyrannical ego. When we achieve this, all parts and aspects of ourselves, both physical and non-physical, are then able to come under the leadership of spirit and we begin to manifest and live as our soul, our higher self.
Who Are You, Really?
If you can find out who you really are on a soul level, you’ll uncover the unique being you were always intended to be, before the world and its conditioning inflicted its wounds on you, and made you ashamed and afraid to reveal who you really are. You’ll also discover your unique place in the overall scheme of things, because in finding your true self, you’ll also find your unique gift, and the contribution that only you, with your unique combination of characteristics, experiences and abilities, can offer the world.
For this to happen, we need to go in search of ourselves. We need to remove the layers of the false self we have spent years constructing over and around our true, authentic self: our soul. So deep are these layers, and so thorough the conditioning and the wounding we have received, that sometimes just the smallest gathering of threads of our original, genuine identity, remain in expression.
When this is the case, it’s because our soul has been brutalised almost beyond recognition, so brutalised that it has withdrawn from showing itself, and fallen into deep unconsciousness, leaving an almost empty space where a strong, confident and unique identity should be. This space, which the false self attempts to fill with a ramshackle collection of hazy notions about who we are, leaves us not only uncertain about our identity and place in the world, but equally uncertain about the kind of treatment we deserve to receive from other people. In short, we have lost our sense of who we are; we have lost our soul. So the question we all need to ask ourselves, is, Do I know who I really am?
I often read Jean Houston’s “Who Are You” from ”A Passion for the Possible,” (1997) whenever I feel the need to remind myself again of what it means to express ourselves as a soul in this world, rather than as an ego-dominated, small self.
If you’re not familiar with the excerpt you can find it reproduced (on page 79 ) at:
- and the day came when the risk
to remain tight in a bud was more
painful than the risk it took to blossom
- Anais Nin.
In my last post: “The De-glamoured View,” I said that at a certain point in our journey to enlightenment most of us need to undergo a gigantic ”humbling” - although, to be honest, we usually experience lesser humblings prior to this, as if to soften us up for the big, painful one! In today’s post, I thought I would elaborate on this very important aspect of our spiritual/soul journey, which can be, if we allow it to be, a major turning point in how we live our life.
The Purpose of Our “Humblings.”
All humbling experiences are intended to strip us of our arrogance, and one of our greatest arrogances is our tendency to believe we have the ability to manage our life successfully, and often the lives of other people, as well. To believe we have this power to control most of what happens in our own and other people’s lives, is both an illusion and an arrogance, and our “humblings,” are attempts by our soul to cure us of this hubristic attitude.
Quite simply, our soul attracts a humbling experience to us so that the size of our ego can be reduced. In plain language: so that we can be firmly put in our place and shown that we are most certainly not the captain of our own ship - our own life. Neither are we capable of being the captain of other people’s ships, or lives. This is a very important lesson we all have to learn in life and we discount it to our cost. Incidentally, I’m using the term “ego” in this sense, to mean our sense of individual self, IE. the little “me” or “I,” that we perceive ourselves to be.
If you’re one of those people on the spiritual path currently feeling depressed and/or disillusioned, take heart, because you’re probably suffering from the ”de-glamoured view, “ a term associated with alchemy which describes a phase that spiritual seekers must go through if they are to assimilate with the Unus Mundus, the One World - see my articles, “Finding Heaven . . . Once Upon a Time” and “The Unus Mundus (One World) and the Holy Grail, ” for information concerning this experience.
We are all susceptible to glamour, meaning, we are blinded to how things really are, or who some people really are, it’s as if our vision has been placed under a spell. Then, unexpectedly, it’s as if this spell suddenly breaks and we start to see people and things as they truly are, not how we have imagined, assumed or expected them to be.
The de-glamoured view is usually depressing and discouraging for us, especially if it also involves a new and unflattering perception of our self, because all at once, we’re not the person we always thought we were. In fact, in my experience, we discover we’re almost exactly the opposite of what we thought we were.
With reference to my article, Finding Heaven . . . Once Upon a Time, in which I talked about my personal experience of the One World, or Unus Mundus, which is the goal of individuation and alchemy. One of my friends told me that she couldn’t find any information on the web about this phenomenon.
This state of being, incidentally, in which you experience yourself as being unified with, or, at-one with, all of Creation, is also the “healed,” or “whole,” state, symbolized by the Holy Grail. Basically, the Quest for the Grail, is the quest for wholeness and healing, so that once again, we may be re-united with the land - literally. (Love the film, “Excalibur,” which tells this story.)
If you remember, in the grail legends, the knights are searching for the grail so that both King Arthur and the land will be “One” ie. healed, re-united. They had both fallen ill and were wasting away, if you recall.
Anyway, there’s an essay by the famous Jungian, Marie-Louise Von Franz, on ”The New Alchemy Website,” entitled “The Unus Mundus and Synchronicity,” (1979) which is taken from Von Franz’ “Alchemical Active Imagination.
The essay on the Unus Mundus is listed on the website’s Homepage under the section, ”Brief Extracts on Analytical Psychology.” Happy reading, and don’t worry, the extract isn’t very long.
Our bodies will heal more quickly and effectively of their illnesses and ailments once it’s understood that it’s actually our soul -our mind, or psyche- that’s in need of healing.
For too long, the medical profession has been diagnosing our physical problems by examining our symptoms and then trying to treat those symptoms. Not enough attention has been given to the causes of our disorders, or the connection between our physical health, our emotions and our mind, although there is a growing recognition that some illnesses are emotional or psychological in origin. *
In the future, in the “brave new world” we can bring about if we wish to, a more enlightened understanding towards our bodies and our physical health will prevail. Our body’s symptoms and dysfunctions will be perceived as our soul’s, or psyche’s, desperate attempts to communicate its’ pain and dis-ease to our conscious awareness. (It’s important to understand that in the case of the body we are talking about our unconscious mind: the sleeping, trapped, feminine aspect of our soul, or psyche.)
Our Soul Issues and Disorders.
Our physical health issues and disorders, are, in fact, our soul issues and disorders. When we understand this, and look to the pain and conflict that exists inside us, on a soul level, and work to correct and heal those ailments, our bodies will reflect the new level of soul ease and comfort. First, however, we need to know how our mind/soul uses our bodies to express its’ pain and discomfort.
I found this article called “Comfort Lies,” by Aman Motwane, which is about our craving for comfort: our need and desire to hear comforting, reassuring words, instead of facing up to the reality of things.
Here’s a quote from it, “. . . face what you need to face and do what you need to do.”
I love this article because it gives such good advice. Avoidance of “what is,” means we’re not fully accepting the reality we have brought to ourselves; basically, it means we’re deluded, living in fantasy.
Yet, the more we face up to and accept ”what is,” right now, the more the light of our awareness heals the difficult situation. Our refusal to face something or someone always holds us in that situation or relationship, just as our avoidance of something or someone, will ensure it keeps on recurring or returning.
The website that the article “Comfort Lies,” is published on, is www.alive.com. Ms. Motwane has apparently written a book entitled, “WhenYou Change How You See The World, Your Whole World Changes.” Exactly right: perception is everything. Although I’ll have to add my two pence on that subject another day!
Go on. Have a read.
I came across this quote by Carl G. Jung, from “Alchemical Studies,” the other day, and it’s so very, very true, so I thought I would share it with you. First, however, a little story about moi, and moi’s own folly and delusion (or innocence, if you want to be kind.)
Years ago, when I first embarked on a path of spiritual development, I believed I could use the knowledge I was gaining to avoid all of life’s ”bad stuff.” I’d discovered “The Seth Material,” by Jane Roberts, you see, and believed I’d discovered the secret to how the universe worked.
All I needed to do, I thought, was study how I was creating my reality and I would never have to worry again about mundane things like struggling to find the money to pay the bills, I would be prosperous, universally loved, completely fulfilled, ecstatically happy - not to mention an enlightened being! I would, or so I imagined, float inches above the ground in my own ascended space and instruct lesser mortals on how to do the same . . .
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