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Role of the Ego in the Current World Crisis |
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The shift is not a thing. It is an action and a state of being,
a shift of awareness from ego- to eco-system.
If I were asked what I believe to be the single contributing factor to
the critical state in which we find the world today, I could sum it up
in just one word – ‘Ego’. Why is it that this tiny word, comprised of
just three letters, is the reason I feel humanity currently stands on
the brink of a global crisis?
What is Ego?
Trauma experienced in early infancy, childhood and adulthood give rise
to a reactive ego. There are two types of ego. One is ‘dysfunctional’
and life denying ego, the other, a ‘healthy’ ego, which is life serving.
The latter represents our capacity for self-value, self-worth and
self-love, experiences of the Self which allow us to make wise choices
and to meet our needs in an unselfish, loving way. A healthy ego
demonstrates humility, compassion, empathy, inner-strengh, inner
balance, centredness and self trust. We are clear about who we are and
have the capacity to love unconditionally. When we have a healthy ego,
we have a strong inner core and sense of Self.
A dysfunctional ego is a part of the ego which has split and adapted in
order to help us survive what we experience or percieve to be a threat
to our lives, be that at a physical, emotional, mental or psychological
level. An unhealthy ego is rooted in neediness and originates from unmet
needs during early childhood. This type of ego magnifies throughout the
years as we grow into adults. It is driven by ‘survival’ instincts and
fear, its main strategies being defence and attack. Driven by the
unconscious, with a single focus of ‘survival’, this mentality gets
projected into the world, proving to be dangerous, sabotaging and
destructive. Extreme examples of unintegrated, dysfunctional egos are
Adolph Hitler and Saddam Hussein, who both experienced excessive trauma
during childhood. Of course, there are other psycholgical and mental
factors that come into the equation, as not all children who have
experienced severe trauma grow up to become real threats to world peace.
We could say that each individual who carries unhealed and unresolved
trauma is lacking inner peace and so contributes to the lack of peace on
a global scale. Everything is relative and if nine out of ten people on
the planet are driven by a dysfunctional ego with its survival needs,
this represents a very real threat to world peace, with nine tenths of
the world population, approximately six billion, projecting anger, pain,
distrust, rage, sadness, grief and a whole spectrum of unconscious
shadow emotions, into the world.
The world is a mirror, the quantum field is proven and real, so we
continually recreate the world by our thoughts and by an unconscious,
unhealed, unresolved, wounded ego, what we can term as our shadow
selves. It is accurate to suggest that much of the world’s population is
carrying multiple layers of unhealed trauma, and so casting a dark
shadow across the light of the world, just as a dark shadow may have
been cast across the light of who we are when in the womb, or during
infancy and childhood.
We recreate our history in order to do now, what we couldn’t do back
then. So we continually seek what was denied to us when young and we
look to the world for those needs to be met. We look to the politiicians
and governments, to pharmaceuticals and drugs, we develop addictions,
subscribe to consumerism and so forth, to heal our deep and often
inexpressable inner pain. Such a focus serves only to numb this pain by
taking away our power and our ability to think for ourselves. As we
continue to operate from a dysfunctional ego, we lose any recollection
or sense of our true selves and become evermore adapted, conditioned and
blind to the reality that we are each Gods and Goddesses. We have
forgotton the truth of who we really are and a dysfunctional and
unintegrated ego keeps us in this state of denial.
Be the Change that We Seek in the World
The great peace activist and Mahatma (Great Soul) Mohandas Karamchand
Gandhi, left us a profound legacy through his inspirational wisdom
teachings. One such teaching is as pertinent today as it was decades
ago, “Be the Change That You Want to See In The World”. Just what was he
inviting us to change? Gandhi was speaking of ‘inner’ change, as he
fully understood that inner-change is the only viable option to creating
sustainable and lasting world peace. Paracelsus, an emimnent 15th
century physician and alchemist attributed to have been the first person
to have spoken of the “unconscious”, gifted humanity by reminding us
that “Inside each one of us is a special piece of heaven, whole and
unbroken” This special piece of heaven represents the true self – it is
this we need to reclaim. Just how do we do this?
Be the Change - Du bist die Veränderung
From Emergency to Emergence
Tibetan Buddhist Meditation Teacher and Scholar, Lama Surya Das, teaches
us how, “Through honest Self-enquiry and no-holds-barred meditative
introspection one can take apart and deconstruct the hut that ego built,
thus entering the mansion of authentic being”. Deconstructing the hut
that ego built is not without challenges for as the authentic (true)
self emerges, an unhealthy ego devises many clever defence strategies to
prevent it from doing so. Remember, the ego is driven by fear for its
own survival, whereas the true self is moved by a yearning to express
the full beauty and love of its True nature.
This pattern we can see in the world, the ‘powerful and wealthy’ who
fear losing the control and dominance they enjoy, (dysfunctional ego
trait), and those who are conscious and heart centred and long for world
peace and equalty. As we ourselves are locked in duality, so to is the
world. The ego will fight for survival be it at a personal or worldly
level.
The powers that be (reactive egoic world) will try to block anything
that keeps altruism and an organic, natural system from replacing it.
What becomes clear to us is how the inner represents the outer and visa
versa. When a sufficient amount of people dwell in inner peace and self
love, this will be reflected outwards and mirrored by the world. In this
way the world will be transformed naturally and peacefully, without the
need for rebellion or revolution. Instead a re-evolution will occur for
that is what is needed now if we are to avert the likelihood of coming
catastrophes.
The Great Work
The true self is the authentic expression of who we are, and remains
hidden beneath all the conditioning and emotional and mental trauma we
have experienced in our lives. In our true expression, we are
unconditional love, all that is good and balanced, integrated and fair,
wise and gentle, creative and gifted, evolved and enlightened. These
qualities remain alive within each one of us, no matter what we have
experienced.
To rediscover the truth of who we really are, to find lasting inner
peace, to radiate and shine as we are meant to, requires first that we
must first heal and in order to heal, first we must feel. We must have
courage and begin the great work by turning our attention inwards and
recognizing that the answer to inner peace will never be found through
another person outside of ourselves, nor in a pill, a pub, club, or
political party. It will never be discovered in title or status, wealth
or fame. Inner peace is the natural outcome of a period of
self-exploration, self-reflection, self-awareness, self-understanding,
self-acceptance and self-love, self-discovery, which all lead to
self-liberation.
We can, however, turn to another to assist us with this journey, not
someone who will give us answers, but one who will support us to find
those answers for ourselves. Someone who has travelled that path
themselves and in so doing, has developed great wisdom, and is
professionally trained or expertly skilled to guide and facilitate
another on the very special journey for the Self.
http://www.worldshiftmovement.org
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