The Ego S Scheme

The Ego S Scheme

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Julio Noyola

Dr. Grant

Eng. 101 Wed. 3:30 pm- 6:40pm

25 November, 2009

The Ego’s Scheme.

The ego enslaves individuals at lower levels of consciousness where fear, despair, jealousy, and envy reside. Thereby, limiting their full potential by keeping them stuck in the pain of the past or worrying about the future versus enjoying the present moment. Most individuals would like to transcend to a higher level of consciousness, but not all of them are ready and willing to change. Moreover, improving one’s self is a life learning experience. One has to be willing to go through the pain it involves to change bad habits, and the egocentric behavior developed growing up. Furthermore, it is essential to start recognizing when the ego is taking over, and prompting an individual to make irrational decisions and dihonoring his/her soul and body.

Everyone in their everyday life witnesses and engages in egotistic behavior. A clear example of this behavior is when a person envies another for having qualities that he/she wishes he/she had. Furthermore, according to Benjamin Stewart:

…we [he] hate [s] that they reflect qualities we wish we had or that we do not like about ourselves. We take out on others what we hate. To keep from facing our inner demons, we come up with vengeance or transference of blame. We need chaos to act as a catalyst so that we will not notice the destructiveness and chaos within ourselves. That is what we are really afraid of.

According to Dr. Hawkin’s Map of Consciousness any emotion or feeling such as shame, desire, anger, guilt, and fear emits a vibration below 200 and is where the “Heart of Darkness” dwells (Grant Body 22). The ego can only seem rational and wise to those people who are completely blind by their egocentric and shallow personalities. The ego is in fact, “not a very intelligent thing…all egos are idiotic” (Osho 239). Moreover, Dr. Grant in her book Honoring The Body Temple states that:

It is important to point out that Egotistical behavior is not limited to the classical Freudian definition of the Ego; it includes the primitive aspect of the personality that operates primarily from the reptilian part of the brain that is without regard for the harm caused to the authentic self, others, or society. Indeed, the ego owns the domain name to the fear based false self. On an unconscious level, it is shameless, refuses to take responsibility, has no conscience, blames others for the problems it creates, lacks compassion, empathy or insight into itself, and feeds off of causing pain, discomfort and suffering to others as if it were manna from heaven (5).

As soon as a person starts seeing some of these characteristics in hi/her life, it is time to think outside of the box and analyze every action and every thought carefully as it’s being manipulated for the unconscious and devastating ego. The ego strives on the individual weaknesses, and whatever he/she is afraid of or whatever he/she is most attached to that’s his/her weakness. And, that’s what the ego is going to us against him/her. “The greatest enemy will hide in the last place you would ever look” (Ritchie).

On another note, the mechanism working behind the ego is deep-rooted in the body, and it manipulates humans in a parasitic manner. According to Dr. Grant “today’s popular pseudonym for parasite is the Ego, which cannot exist outside its human host” (Body 5). In addition, one hardly suspects that poor diets, brain fog, and irrational thinking are driven by parasites. Moreover, if one is ready and willing to reach higher levels of consciousness and stop the ego from controlling one’s life, it’s going to take a lot of effort and commitment. Dr. Grant goes on to say that:

the hold parasites have over humans is so powerful that even those who are aware that parasites are turning their bodies into dump sites, are over powered by the sheer number of parasites constantly secreting hormones that compel them to eat dead meat or processed sweets, that their will to change is subverted by the will of parasites (Grant Body 8).

One important technique to transcend the ego is practicing present moment awareness. According to Eckhart Tolle the moment one decides to enjoy and embrace the present moment is the dissolution of the ego. “The ego can never be in alignment with the present moment, which is to say, align with life, since its very nature compels it to ignore, resist, or devaluate the Now” (Tolle 201). Unfortunately, most people tend to live in the past and worry about the future, therefore, completely forgetting the present. One has to break free of egocentric habits, and do what comes to mind first, and listen to one’s inner-self in order to improve and advance in life. Furthermore, one has to learn to trust one’s instinct and listen to it. According to Emerson, “every man discriminates between the voluntary acts of his mind, and his involuntary perceptions, and knows that to his involuntary perceptions a perfect faith is due” (Emerson R-16). Moreover, one has to commit to the present moment and the future will unfold in a favorable way. Forget about everyone’s expectations and develop the true and unique self that’s inside every human being, and do what one loves, open the heart and the mind to one’s inner-self. In addition, “…letting go of guilty feelings allows us to reconnect with our authentic selves and to find renewed self respect. There’s a part of us that inherently knows and values truth and integrity” (Grant Crazy 260).

Life is a training ground with many obstacles, adversities and rewards, and it’s up to oneself to choose which direction one wants to go. However, sometimes life takes one through a series of unfortunate events and things never turn out the way one wants them to be. But like in the movie the Peaceful Warrior when Dan, the main character, suffers a motorcycle accident and everything falls apart, he learns to put himself back together and become a better person. Moreover, there are things in life that in order for an individual to become better he/she is going to have to reinvent himself/herself and learn to appreciate life. In addition, for everything that happens in one’s life there’s always a lesson to learn from it; therefore, “the accident [tragedy, loss or obstacle] is ‘ones’ training. There is no stopping or starting, only doing” (Salva ). In addition, for every action there’s a reaction, “everything in our world is connected to everything else…’and’…the universally connected hologram of consciousness promises that the instant we create our good wishes and prayers, they are already received at their destination” (Braden).

It’s important to mention that when one starts waking up from the awful world of the ego, everything will be seen from a different perspective. And in some cases when the individual is …“liberated and compelled suddenly to stand up and turn his neck round and walk and look towards the light, he will suffer sharp pains; the glare will distress him…,”and he has to stay determined and not let the world of the ego bring him back to darkness (Plato R-2). Consequently, the moment one detaches from the egocentric world in which one lives is the realization of a simple, yet so important truth, one is “ born absolutely free; [one] simply avoid[s] the responsibility of freedom” (Osho 104).

It’s all up to every human being to start living and appreciating nature, life, and most importantly oneself. Malcom Gladwell points out that one has to take into consideration the concept that the ethics or morals of the humanity in which one lives and the people that live by one’s side have great influence on one’s personality and one’s inner-self (9-11). In addition, in a world full of chaos, addictions, and madness, serenity and calmness is a key factor to stay away from destructive behavior. “Calmness of mind is one of the beautiful jewels of wisdom. It is the result of long and patient effort in self control. Its presence is an indication of ripened experience, and of a more than ordinary knowledge of the laws and operations of the thought” (Allen 38). Therefore, enjoy life and stop trying to figure it out, accept the fact that nothing ever stays the same, and enjoy the now, the present moment because that’s all one has and let go of attachment and the difficulties of the past. Life is beautiful.

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