A Clarion Call by Nicolya Christi talks a lot about the ego.
The EGO in one sentence: What we think we are. What we have, who we know, the successes, the failures, etc.
The ego or “barking dog” is that part that’s always defensive and leads you far from your highest self.
The benefits of Understanding the Ego are great for all spiritual seekers.
Nicolya Christi
Nicolya Christi is a visionary, futurist, and author. Her first book, 2012: A Clarion Call; Your Soul’s Purpose in Conscious Evolution, was placed in the top ten book reviews by Publishers Weekly in the spring of 2011.
Professor Ervin Laszlo, twice nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, endorsed it as “the most remarkable spiritual book on this or any other subject I have ever read.”
Satish Kumar described her as “a great visionary and thinker whose work in articulating and promoting conscious evolution is outstanding.” Barbara Marx Hubbard called her “our guide through this global evolutionary shift, one of the best I have encountered.”
A Clarion Call
A step-by-step guide to creating a sustainable global shift in consciousness, starting with an inner-world shift at the personal level
Provides psychological and spiritual exercises to heal deep trauma imprints, raise your vibration, and realign with your soul’s higher purpose
Identifies the signs and symptoms of the 12 stages of ascension connected to the global spiritual awakening of 2012
Offers an in-depth overview of 2012 prophecies foretelling humanity’s arrival at a point of no return on the Winter Solstice of 2012 and guidance in preparing for the New World of 2013 and beyond.
According to ancient Mayan prophecy, December 21, 2012, marked the moment of humanity’s rise or fall. Our “rise” depends on higher consciousness, raised vibration, and the expanded awareness of a critical mass of people.
As humanity enters the evolutionary transition from Homo sapiens to Homo luminous–from 3rd-dimensional human beings to 5th-dimensional beings of light–we are being called to fully participate in the dawn of a New World built upon unconditional love, co-support, cooperation, equality, unity, peace, justice, and sustainability.
What Is The Ego?
The ego is part of the mind that mediates between the conscious and the unconscious and is responsible for reality testing and personal identity.
What is spirituality? It is the quality of being concerned with the human spirit or soul instead of material or physical things.
What is the self? In Jungian psychology, the self is one of the archetypes, signifying the unification of consciousness and unconsciousness in a person and representing the psyche.
The ego is the gatekeeper between the conscious mind and the unconscious self.
2012 A Clarion Call
I am almost done reading 2012’s A Clarion Call by Nicolya Christi, and I cannot put it down.
There are so many insightful chapters in this book, and I wanted to share one more titled Ego and Self. I have written about the ego several times on this blog, but Nicolya Christi nailed it in her book.
The ego is often portrayed as the worst enemy of the real higher self, yet it is, in fact, our most loyal friend.
The ego is viewed as the enemy because, as adults, it often appears to keep us locked in illusion, powerlessness, lack, the need for security, and self-sabotaging and destructive behavior patterns.
We encounter the ego’s resistance whenever we raise consciousness and heal our body, mind, and emotions.
The ego is concerned with survival and will attempt to overthrow anything that threatens its position. However, let us not forgive the real purpose of the ego and how it serves us. In early childhood, it is the ego that comes to our rescue.
As infants, we incarnate as pure soul energy; the higher self is most present. This is the true self that is exquisite, unprotected, and open.
The ego emerges when the self is not responded to or met in absolute purity, lovely gentleness, and infinite wisdom.
To the child, the world sees anyone as hostile, which is reinforced and reflected in the behavior of the wider community’s parents, caregivers, teachers, authorities, and dysfunctional systems.
The Ego is a Shield
The ego shields us from emotional/psychological or actual physical death as infants and children when the world’s harshness and hostility invade. We could say that the ego is the warrior who serves the “king” or “queen,” the self that embodies pure unconditional love.
The ego steps into the role that the self would have taken had it remained present instead of retreating due to the harsh, threatening, and hostile environment.
So withdrawals, waiting for a time when the consciousness and vibration of the environment are more aligned to its vibration and when it can sense the exact upright moment to re-emerge.
This does not require that the whole world is in harmony with the self; it only takes one or more people, like vibration, to call it forth.
Over the years, the higher self often remains withdrawn. The ego, which has taken over life to ensure survival, eventually forgets about the person’s existence due to the layers of defense mechanisms it has put in place.
The ego is instinctual, not intuitive, and will react instead of respond.
The Ego is Sophisticated
The ego has a sophisticated set of strategies, which serve as rigid, set programs that keep us locked into a survival mentality.
The ego will continue to create challenging life experiences, which, in turn, act as a feedback system to the program that is set to survive, survive, survive. The ego mistakenly believes it is the king or queen of the kingdom of the self.
Meanwhile, the true regent, the self, withholds from stepping forward to reclaim their throne until it feels safe.
Self is a pure expression of unconditional love and unity consciousness. Self is all that is good and balanced, integrated and fair, wise and gentle, and evolved and enlightened within each of us. This never changes, no matter what takes place in our lives.
The fourteenth-century philosopher Paracelsus said:
“Inside each one of us is a special piece of heaven whole and unbroken.” “Whatever our life circumstances, the self can be resurrected whenever we feel ready to heal and integrate the ego.”
Humanity is beginning to move away from suffering consciousness and into a knowledge-based upon fulfillment and joy.
The self is the phoenix rising from the ashes of a rapidly falling past to make way for a future of hope and freedom. We could say that the past represents the ego, and the future represents the self.
The ego is driven by fear and specializes in defense and attack.
The Ego Is The False Self
In psychological terms, the ego is regarded as the “adapted” self, and the true self is the “authentic” Self. This adapted self that many people believe themselves to be unaware that there is another self whose essence is pure unconditional love and peace.
The extent of our early childhood wounding and the hostility of the early environment is responsible for how disconnected we become from our true selves by reaching adulthood.
Many of us live active spiritual/religious lives yet remain detached from the true self.
This comes as a result of establishing identities that suggest to us that we are “over it,” “healed,” and “above it.” Such identifications can defend against confronting our intense pain/trauma or emotional/psychological wounds from the past.
Contradictory Behavior
This does not mean that we are not spiritual or not in touch with our sublime aspects. But there may be a split between our ego and our higher self.
Proof of this can be found in dysfunctional or different behavior patterns in our personal lives.
When we align with an integrated ego, we express through the higher self, which connects us to the soul, and gives us access to the spirit.
The first step toward self-healing and self-actualization is acknowledging the ego’s role in our lives to appreciate how it has helped us survive, even if the events we have experienced have caused great suffering.
There comes the point for anyone exploring the truth of who they are when the self begins to prepare for re-emergence.
At this stage, the ego becomes aware of the self. In reaction, the ego devises many defense strategies.
An example is when someone whose heart is closed falls in love. The ego views anything that will awaken the heart as a threat to its survival.
Self-sabotaging mechanisms operate as the ego begins to defend itself against the emerging self.
As the self awakens, it begins to communicate with and be influenced by the soul and access ancient and higher wisdom.
As the self begins its journey toward actualization, it will encounter ego defenses as shadow material to block its path.
Some examples of shadow material are fear, shame, rage, worthlessness, lack, and pain.
With wisdom and openness, insight and awareness, forgiveness and compassion, empathy and love, the self can heal and transmute these shadow energies into its light.
How can we reclaim the throne as the actual seat of the self?
If we learn to do this for ourselves and encourage others to do the same, we can transform a world that currently mirrors the ego into one that reflects the values of the true self.
“If your ego starts out, ‘I am important, I am big, I am special,’ you’re in for some disappointments when you look around at what we’ve discovered about the universe. No, you’re not big.
No, you’re not. You’re small in time and in space. And you have this frail vessel called the human body that’s limited on Earth.” – Neil deGrasse Tyson
>Source: A Clarion Call – Your Soul’s Purpose in Conscious Evolution.
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