We no longer need or have use of the psychological connections to religious terms or epithets in an effort to reach the Conscious Self (Being) by way of connecting with the ego through these terms, not to upset it (ego) to the point of total rejection; and therefore, making no headway into True Self (Being).  And, in fact, the terminology has remained long past it’s usefulness; wherefore, the collective ego has been able to claim these for use in continuing it’s separation from Being through clever, yet extraordinarily painful tactics to ensure the illusion of separateness (i.e. My God is the only true God).  Ego/self/collective must do this for it’s survival because, they are one in the same, separateness & ego; so it thinks.

So lets entertain the ego for a sec.  Lets have a one-on-one talk with it.  Lets stop trying to kill it (as so many spiritual teachings keep suggesting) and assist ego in recognizing it’s true purpose, then maybe it too won’t fear annihilation by using it’s incredible power and desire to live on in such a globally destructive approach to the physical existence.  After all, we, the ONE, chose to be a part of this physical world & ego is an aspect of the physical existence.

Here’s an excerpt of a hypothetical interview I wrote years back:

So lets talk with ego:

Interviewer: So – Ego, I can see that you have an intense desire & drive to survive.

Ego: Of course I do.

Interviewer: So – Ego, do you know what your purpose is?

Ego: To fight at all costs to remain separate because Oneness is death.

Interviewer: Okay, I can see where you’re coming from because in a way, separateness is your purpose, but I think you might be misunderstanding separateness a bit.  Ego – If I were to ensure your survival while providing a little twist on your understanding of your purpose, would you hear me out?

Ego: If you can guarantee my survival, sure I’ll hear what you have to say.

Interviewer: The human existence is facing extinction, as you know oh so well, and without human existence you are assured your death, right?

Ego: Right!

Interviewer: Ego – take a moment to consider this, your purpose isn’t necessarily separateness, but rather, Individuality.  Because Individuality (In-divide-duality) enables physical manifestations of a plethora & diverse realm of talents, creativity, expressions, etc. that is only capable of being expressed by manifesting through “many” individualities, as opposed to only one.  Where ONE is not necessarily able to express manifestations, creativity, and talents in the same way or with the same magnitude as “many” can.

Ego: Interesting.  Elaborate a bit more, cause if I’m going to use this new tactic of Oneness in order to survive, I need to know more about what you’re saying so I can put it to use.”

When I wrote this little story above, it was one of those moments you might described as an “Awe” and “very enjoyable sensation”.  It was though I didn’t write it, it felt like it just came through me and my pencil, somewhat of an experience I call “natural knowing” awakening in me, or maybe even channeled; who knows, but it was fun and very eye-opening.

So as you might have taken from the story, being an individual requires actually desiring the personality, but for it’s true purpose, to create what no one else (or the One) has before, including your own individual life’s experiences.  So what I have learned, is that, we (including new-age spiritual teachers/leaders) may want to stop slapping the personality/ego/self around with negative energy thinking that we can get rid of it, or that it is the root of all our problems.  We cannot exist in the physical world without it, so if we embrace it, love it, comfort it, and assist it, WOW imagine the creativity and beauty we’ll get to experience in this amazing physical existence!  I believe this is similar or the same concept of “individuation” that the famous Carl Jung spoke and wrote about on his path of discovering the human mind as a pioneer of psychology and was Freud’s most revered student.  Jung however discovered and carried a spirituality to his great works within psychology unlike Freud.

One idea for beginning this transition is, start listening and watching your “self’s” saboteur thoughts, the mind chatter, but without judgment.  You might begin to see that most of the mind chatter (usually negative and destructive) comes from social & collective conditioning and non-working beliefs about the world and yourself.  If you approach the mind chatter this way, you then might be able to view it much like a child and begin to coach and guide it into more useful, healthy, and creative thoughts.  You can even laugh at it at times like you would chuckle at a child when the child just hasn’t quite figured it out yet.

I’ll leave it at that, for now,  in hopes that in some small or big way, this has helped you to view our dual selves more compassionately and progressively so that you’ll experience more “Awe” moments in your life.

Much Love always