Lesson 4: The Psychological “ego”

Primitive Humanity

  • Many years ago, humanity lived in a heavenly state, people were pure and innocent because the “ego” did not yet exist.
  • Gradually, people stopped obeying the Spiritual Masters and began to commit various abuses which led to the creation of the “ego”.
  • Repeating the same mistakes, the “ego” trapped more and more of the Essence. Until now humanity has on average 97% “ego” and 3% free Essence.

The “ego” is multiple

  • We do not have a single “ego”, but many minor “egos”.
  • The various “egos” do not have any coordination or cooperation with each other.
  • Every minor “ego” thinks that it is the whole, the master, and tries to take control as often as possible.
  • This is the cause of all our psychological conflicts.

The “ego” is additional

  • There is no superior “ego” and inferior “ego”.
  • Our true Being is cosmic and non-personal.

”ego” in Ancient Traditions

  • In all ancient traditions they taught about the “egos” and their dissolution:
    • Christianity: demons
    • Buddhism: psychical additions
    • Egypt: red demons of Seth
    • Hinduism: vices and desires
    • Mythology & fairy tales: beasts, monsters, dragons, etc.

The 7 primary “egos”

  • “ego” has 7 heads.
  • Each head has under itself, a legion of many minor “egos”.
  • Also, two defects associated with all the “egos” are: Lie and Fear.
  • Each “ego” is an autonomous entity that operates independently of our will.
  • The human personality is just a puppet driven by the various “egos”.

Creation and food of the “ego”

  • An “ego” is created when we identify with a situation.
  • It feeds on our energy every time it takes control and manifests itself.
  • It can be manifested through: (1) thoughts, (2) emotions, (3) the body (movements, words, gaze, posture, etc.)

The Virtues of the Soul

  • Every time we dissolve an ego, a virtue of the Soul crystallizes in us.
    • Lust turns into Chastity.
    • Anger turns into Love.
    • Pride turns into Humility.
    • Sloth turns into Laboriousness.
    • Greed turns into Altruism.
    • Envy turns into Philanthropy.
    • Gluttony turns into Prudence.

The Psychological Death

  • In order to dissolve an “ego”, there are always 3 steps:

1. To Discover it using Self-Observation.

2. To Understand it.

  • Initially, we need to study the “ego” and analyze it:
    • When and how did we create it?
    • Where, when and with which persons is it most expressed?
    • With what other “egos” does it appear together?
    • When it gains control, what makes us do, say, feel or think?
    • How do we feed it?
  • To understand an “ego” means to realize:
    • It is harmful for us.
    • Makes us suffer.
    • Makes the others suffer.
    • It is harmful both physically and psychologically.
    • How it makes us appear to others.
    • Without it, we would be more free and more happy.
  • Understanding, frees the trapped Essence from the “ego”.

3. To Dissolve it.

  • Once we have understood the “ego” and released the Essence that was trapped, we must dissolve the “shell” that remains.
  • We cannot dissolve “ego” using the mind, we need a superior force.
  • Inside our body we have a sexual bio-electromagnetic energy that can dissolve the “ego” we have understood.
  • This energy is an expression of our Divine Mother in our physical body.