| What is ego? I’ve often heard people say | | | | individual and a spiritual being. You are an individual with |
| someone is coming from his or her ego. Ego has | | | | your own cumulative experiences and lessons, while at |
| gotten a bad reputation because if a person is in his or | | | | the same time; you are part of the whole. Just |
| her ego, how can he or she be spiritual? Are ego and | | | | because you have an ego or sense of self, does not |
| spirituality separate? | | | | in itself create separation. The sense of separation is |
| Our modern concept of ego started with good old | | | | created by your belief in separation. When you focus |
| Sigmund Freud. Originally, Freud defined the word ego | | | | on separation and create thoughts and feelings that |
| as a sense of self. Later, he revised his definition of | | | | reinforce separation, you are creating separation. |
| ego to mean the organized realistic part of the psyche, | | | | When you move into spiritual trust and embrace your |
| compared to the chaotic instinctual id and the critical | | | | individual connection to all creation, you are creating |
| and moralizing super-ego. The ego finds a balance | | | | oneness. There is a duality here, a duality of |
| between primitive drives and reality while satisfying the | | | | separateness and oneness that balance each other |
| id and super-ego. In psychoanalysis, the ego is the part | | | | out. Ego is about balance, balancing your individuality |
| of the psyche that is conscious, controls thought and | | | | with your spirituality, allowing for and accepting the flow |
| behavior, and is most in touch with external reality. This | | | | between them. Ego and spirituality are interconnected, |
| perspective is entirely focused on third dimensional | | | | balancing energies. Instead of struggling with ego as a |
| experience. | | | | separating energy in your life that takes you away |
| In third dimensional experience, the concept of ego has | | | | from your spiritual path, embrace and work with your |
| commonly come to be applied to self worth, self | | | | ego. Become aware of when you are experiencing an |
| esteem and self identity. A person who is has an | | | | ego related feeling, such as guilt or embarrassment. |
| inflated sense of self worth is referred to as egotistical. | | | | Any ego related response is a normal part of human |
| Ego is your identity that separates you from all other | | | | experience. As a spiritual being in physical form, how |
| people. Taking ego a step further, does having a | | | | you react to your ego related responses is your |
| separate identity separate you from not just other | | | | choice. You can get involved in the thoughts and |
| people but from your spiritual nature and from God? | | | | emotions that come from your sense of self and |
| You are a spiritual being in physical form. As a spiritual | | | | create separation, or you can acknowledge the |
| being in physical form, isn’t ego part of you and | | | | thoughts and emotions you create and experience. |
| part of your Divine nature? Every one of us has a | | | | Love the thoughts and emotions that come from your |
| mind and emotions. Your mind and emotions are part | | | | sense of self and send love to all who trigger these |
| of you and part of your Divine nature. In order to | | | | responses in you. Focus on Oneness as your Divine |
| become more spiritual, is it necessary to eliminate your | | | | nature and the Universal nature of the Divine in all |
| ego? If we are truly all one, why does separation in the | | | | experiences and all beings. Life is in Divine order. Ego is |
| form of individual ego exist? | | | | only a bad thing if you see it as a bad because it |
| The ego expresses individuality. Oneness of all | | | | separates you from the Divine. Ego is Divine. |
| Creation expresses spirituality. You are both a distinct | | | | |