The ego, wtf is it?

Like the semi-silvered mirror in a laser device, the ego is a lens that allows the transmission of luminous energy. Like a lens, it is transparent but is subject to flaws and transmissive obstructions. Its purpose is to collimate and direct the focus of the energy that is being transmitted by the consciousness that provides it with its energy source. Unfortunately, in its semi-silvered state, it "creates" a nebulous image of the source of the transmission. As such, it acts as if the transmission had its origin point at that image. This is the ego-self that we perceive. Of all of the psychic structures, the ego takes the hit as far as responsibility is concerned for our physical manifestation. On the ethereal plane, the ego is the densest formation and is adjacent to and supported by the astral and inframental planes. The ego is positioned within one extreme of the vital body from whence your living energy is emitted and as such has a direct influence on your physical self. How it is influenced and directed by the higher planes of existance is an exercise in detective work for the interested and the aware.

In terms of our selves and how we relate to our essence (source) the question becomes a bit more personal. We understand that we pervade our existance with a personalized perception of our surroundings. What we bring to life certainly seems to be germane to our progression as spirit beings. If this is the case then how do we match what we are doing with what is our purpose for doing these things? Like any good blueprint/recipe/instruction/directive the "cook" is the means to use the instruments to accomplish the purpose and although he may adjust quantities and alter methods.....trial and error does create a lot of errors....

Indeed, a droplet of water can be a "lens" and we can see the image of the source reflected in its surface even while transmission is taking place... The lens part was needed to focus our energy as the density of this plane is pretty damn tough for such a nebulous emission to penetrate. This is in part the reason why the ego is such a strong psychic structure. It also provides the exit point for the resonance pumping of the energy to allow it to gain sufficient strength so that the ego appears to control the emission. If it walks like a duck...etc. As we know, however, appearances can be deceiving. Purpose and design relate intimately to function and effect. A close look at our "personality" and its responses to various stimuli and situations provides all the clues that we need to follow that particular thread to its origin.

So what is it about the ego that makes it want and be able to steer our activity towards the combative and contestatory aspect of our interpersonal relations? We make a statement based on our point of view and full of our intent regarding a given subject and its influence/impact/meaning relative to our current place in reality as reported on by the intellect. Don't forget that the intellect is the "rational" part of the inframental region. The memorial content of the ego (actually the memorial content that lies between the descendant luminous energy and the egoic structure) colors this energy with the various aspects and conditions of our person"ality". This is the "subjective" aspect of the egoic process. If your level of consciousness does not permit you to be aware of these impediments to the perception of reality then you will be convinced by your thought "processes" that your position is "real" and therefore valid and justified. When we receive the comeback to our statement, it is processed and adjusted by our current condition. Comparisons and evaluations are then made between our initial statement and the resulting similarities and differences that are found. By looking at these comparisons in content, we define the intent and then start to adjust our vision of the position of our respondant. The degree to which the two positions are found to be in opposition creates an immediate feedback that perturbs the reactive memory. This perturbation produces emotive responses that generate feelings that can be very strong and quite visceral (physical). This is, in effect, a "short circuit" of the energy circulation system that bleeds away the consciousness raising factor in favor of the emotional fight or flight response. (One of the survival “instincts” retained by the psyche after the transformation of the instinctive memory.) Depending on the nature of the memorial content and how sensitive and how strongly these memorial chords are being struck determines the type and strength of the egoic response. This response is, however, an indicator of the underlying content of the memorial impediments and as such can be used by both parties to elucidate and illuminate the obscuring factors in play.

Destruction of the ego is a touchy subject. The ego is how we manage to perceive ourselves in a physical and subjective way. What then is the ethereal and objective reality that we cannot perceive through the ego, and why is it so? The ego is the collimator and the agent of focus for all luminous energy transmissions that we undertake. As such, it relies on it's feedback mechanisms to ensure that it is able to properly perceive and actuate the forms that are required to be used or even created for our needs. Something like a baker mistaking his oven as the part of himself that is responsible for the bread that he makes. An important and necessary part but just one that is used for a specific purpose. A lens can be bidirectional. This is very useful when the source of the transmission needs to observe its current status and what aspects of itself and their functions need to be adjusted or refined. Introspection is the egoic method of self-examination. The transformation that can result from this process is superficial only and that is because the ego is looking in at itself! The ego's function in the inframental region is to collimate and transmit. There is no room for the ego to pick itself up by its bootstraps and change either its form nor its orientation. How then can real change come about?

The transmutation of the egoic substance and material is a supramental function. The supramental region of the psychic reality of man is a plane of higher vibrational sensibility that exists within us all. Awareness and the use of this region involves accessing the psychic self. The psychic self is that part of our reality that is ready and waiting for its call into action. The call is energetic in nature and as such initiates with the source but depends on the ability of the psychological self to serve as conduit for the frequency and intensity raising of the consciousness that is available to us. This energy requires a resonance coupling to enable it to be perceived by and become useful in our physico-psychic reality.

One's Self

The ego is a mirrored lens
that lets some of your light shine through,
it's purpose is to show you how to live
your life in your way too.

Observe those shattered mirror's shards
as they lay scattered all about.
It's painful when you cut yourself
as you attempt to join them back
to what can never be again.
For even if it could be done
then all the cracks would still remain
to show where all the faults had lain.

There is still one remaining hope
that you must strive to see in time
that in each smallest piece of you
remains the essence of the whole.
And even though you think it less,
it's just as complete as it was
but only smaller than before
and even one small piece of you
is just as precious as the rest.

Opposition and the taking of a position. The ego's greatest strength and ultimate weakness is the requirement to validate it's appraisal of its location relative to the source and to the object of it's attention...... Building on what someone can share with us is a method of increasing awareness and raising the consciousness of both participants. The ego has little interest in this process and even less affinity for it. It requires a lot of will to look through and behind whatever is irrelevent (to you) in what you receive and only deal with what you can treat in what was sent to you. This is what the universal principle of respect is all about. Indeed flexibility is inherent as well as imposed.

The ego is constructed in such a way as to also incorporate adjustments and imperfections that accumulate with time. Such as? Each successive materialization serves to accumulate and organize our experiences into those areas of interest to our source. Of interest just means in energetic conformance with the adjustments needed to further the evolution of our consciousness. Like the fine tuning of a motor or other mechanical device, these adjustments are made "blindly" because we have neither the perspective nor the awarenesss of the role that our activity plays. As such (it was necessary so that the ego could be instilled with the consciousness necessary to permit the process in the first place) we tend to stumble along, seemingly destined to encounter events and support or endure them as the situation warrants. It is critical to realize that these situations were eminently planned out and arranged to allow us to complete the aforementioned task. The ego is just the device by which our consciousness was put "on hold" for the purpose of allowing us access to this experiential nexus. Once the preponderance of experience is accumulated, the process can then go to the next level and integration and reformulation of the mechanism can be started. The ego was and is the most flexible part of our psychic make-up and that is why it is "in charge" of our efforts here. That flexibility is part and parcel of the method and the manner by which we conceive and achieve our purpose.

The elevation of consciousness is the transmutation of the ego from its semi reflective nature to an inverted fully transmissive state. The initial ego state conveys incipient psychic energy with intrinsic alteration (subduction, coloration, attenuation etc.) while also reflectng portions or percentages of this energy to internal psychic structures. The inverted and refurbished (uhhhh, reemed out, purified etc.) ego is like a semi silvered mirror that receives and transmits the signal while protecting the incipient luminous energy from sideband interference. The elevatory process requires openness and clarity. It is enacted through the stimulation of the psychic centres that are or will be opened by the various processes that the RTE (ready to elevate? ) individual undergoes during this phase of existance. The feedback and resonant loop that is created by the exchange of the vibratory psychic energy contained in the spoken word is the tool most apt to provide this impetus. The word is the form and the sound is the content. These aspects of transmission are the tools that can be used to adjust the internal mechanisms and allow them to function more and more adroitly. As the process continues, it gathers speed and efficacy and results in the ability of the subject to improve their understanding and comprehension of the method and its ramifications.

So why is the ego so fragile (brittle, stiff)? Why are some so fearful of challenge while others go about as if they were without fear? Whether you consider someone a narcissist or self-loathing or some other descriptor of the various egoic states of mind, everything relates to the emotive nature of the transmissions that the ego has to convey. The processing of this descendent psychic energy involves many verifications, in detail, with both the intellect and the reactive memory. In the current inframental plane, each transmission is subject to the coloration, attenuation or other adulteration caused by the various sub-forms that are present in the psychic structure. The virtually instantaneous nature of these actions makes it difficult to quantitatively discern each and every alteration but fortunately the qualitative nature of the vibration can be received completely and clearly. People are either oblivious to these aspects of self or are callowed into the belief that they are an "inherent" part of themselves for which nothing can be done. For instance, at times the very overbearing may believe themselves to be straitforward. Similarly, the reluctant believe that they have nothing to add so therefore should remain silent. It is only once an individual becomes aware of the real nature of themselves that they can fight and correct these deleterious aspects of self. In fact, all of these affectations are but improperly oriented characteristics of the psychic make-up and need of the being. Every quality can be a fault and vice versa while knowing when and how to use them is the key to fulfillment.

In the process of the raising of consciousness, little has been said of the resonance amplification of descendent luminous energy by verbal exchange. In the course of normal communications (both verbal and non-verbal) the ego intercedes and dominates the entire process. Due to its function as a delimiter of boundaries (with the reactive memory) and a comparator of values (through the intellect) it manages and controls the "relative" importance and value of all energetic transmissions and thusly, all communications. The problem associated with this activity is that the inter-relation between acceptance and retention is altered in the favor of the stifling and reduction in vibratory quality and quantity of any exchange between two individuals. What happens is that elements of the personality color and drain the transmission of its intent and meaning, thus rendering it subject to domination by these aspects and the end result is the establishment of a heirarchy of energy flow that results in the oppression of one and the exaltation of the other. Not at all conducive to effective communication and of no use whatsoever in consciousness raising. In fact, what is needed is the realization that when someone communicates with you, there is present in the vibratory nature of the sound and the word that reveals much of that individuals own psychic structure. When the recipient considers this as such, he is able to build upon this structure and add to it. Much like receiving a gift, reciprocation is the expression of the universal principle of respect. Like building a foundation with bricks, once you have placed the brick, it is there for future use and remains as a support for future additions. It must be noted that in all communications there is an establishment of parity that must exist between the acceptance and retention that exists in both of the participants. This parity adjusts the "level" of the exchange and allows the free flow of energy to circulate without hindrance. The dynamic effect of this circulation is of paramount importance in the restructuring and refurbishing of the psychic structures of the individual.

The ego also serves as the "plug" in the mental conduit responsible for the transmission of our psychic energy. Plug as in the sense of a window that has become very dirty over time. What light that manages to get through tends to be affected and colored by the obstructions and veils that cover it. While all of these colorations obscure the transmission, they also reveal their presence. As well as revealing their presence, they divulge information about their make-up and their origins. Careful attention to their constitution reveals much about your individual character as well as the ways that you manifest your presence in all of the existential planes. Like a laser beam that removes a tattoo from between the layers of translucent skin, the shedding of light on these obstructions, clarifies and diminishes their presence. Obviously, as the process proceeds, more and more light is allowed through the window as it gets cleaner. The more light that is transmitted, the stronger the signal that can be used to get at the pesky stains...... With time and practice, your workouts will provide you with the muscle necessary to take on the hardest and most persistant memorial residues. The exploration of the self is the greatest journey of all.