Have you ever contemplated or meditated on the ego? What the energy of the ego feels like? What it really is? Learning to control and express that instinctive side of ourselves begins with contemplating the ego. It appears not to be part of our true consciousness. Instead it is an additional component added to our awareness as a side effect of having to survive here on this physical plane as a mortal human being. It craves identity and conformity. It wishes acceptance and craves adoration. It is selfish at its core and drives the hypercritical inner critic. Our spiritual human self does not need an ego. Our spiritual self is contented with being part of the collective consciousness. Yet the ego demands competition and recognition.
What are your personal thoughts on the ego?
I will be writing a series of articles on A Light In The Darkness exploring the deeper realms of the ego and the human characteristics of the ego. 2013 was the year of the awakened ego and its opposition to the true self. 2014 onwards is where the spiritual work to dampen the ego begins - MATTHEW JAMES
