Role of the Ego
EGO is the:
GUARDIAN of INDIVIDUALITY
If you did not have this inbuilt impulse to ‘cry’ for what you want to make you happy or reject what makes you sad, you would be in a limbo of nothingness.
If you did not run when faced with danger or did not call for help when in danger – you might die.
If you had not cried – ‘demanded’ food – when you were born, you might have starved.
If you had not welcomed mother’s milk and nuzzled her warmly, you might never have developed a close caring bond with her.
Without the EGO DRIVE there would be no creation, no individuality, no fulfilment of need, no protection, no warmth of response and no human love.
Without the EGO DRIVE there would be no self-defence, no self-protection, no survival.
However, the EGO DRIVE – primarily the ‘I’ of the individual, is imprinted only with the need for SELF-SATISFACTION and SURVIVAL.
In childhood, the ‘I’ of the ego is governed by likes and dislikes, wants and rejection of what is not wanted and by habits formed by a constant repetition of feelings. Bad habits in the form of unacceptable ego responses to personal experiences and the environment are formed and these are, in turn, imprinted in the unconscious – or sub-conscious mind – and remain hidden. However, they erupt into repeated behaviour patterns when the ‘memory’ of previous circumstances and modes of behaviour unconsciously bring them to mind.
Now, the sub-conscious mind and the conscious mind begin to work together to develop the personality. Much of the behaviour becomes ‘conditioned behaviour’ and very difficult to break. When the person is unconsciously programmed with strong self-centred ego habits of thought and behaviour, – and finds it difficult to live with others in harmony,- that person then goes to a psychologist for help in unravelling the complexities of the mental/emotional problems.
Until my Truth of Existence is fully understood and the life-giving principles become the consistent guide lines of habits of thought and responses to life’s experiences, the pain and suffering arising from the ignorant indulgence of the ego-drives will persist.
The church describes this human difficulty as being a ‘temptation by Satan’. It is no such thing. It is a natural process brought about by the uncontrolled reactions to life powered by the Ego- Drive, whose only purpose is to bring the individual happiness and contentment, fulfilment of need – or – privacy, independence, security, peace………all directed at SURVIVAL.
It must be understood that there is nothing evil about the ego-drive. It is the necessary tool of creation. It is the individual himself who brings about the imbalances in life by allowing the ego drive full control in his personality without thought or consideration for other people.
This too, is not to be judged or criticised, since the person possessed by ego-drive knows no other way to think or operate within the earthly dimension.
How then, should human nature strive daily to live in a world naturally dominated by ego-drive – the overpowering desire for self-satisfaction?
The answer lies in my statement: ‘Do to others as you would be done by’.
YOUR TRUE PURPOSE in life is to gain the mastery of your ego by reaching out in thought and feeling to… ‘THAT’… WHICH YOU SENSE IS BEHIND CREATION and consistently asking for enlightenment.
This is the very first step a person must take towards that glorious moment when he/she will make contact with the DIVINE and then move forward by means of continual cleansing of the ego-drive, to the re-entry into that ‘heavenly state’ out of which your soul was born and took its individuality.
