It can be valuable to recognize the downward spiraling 'pull' of old beliefs and old patterns of thinking and behavior. Just like the suction that pulls water down a drain. These patterns are 'ruts', meaning that there are literally 'tracks in your brain' that pull you into the grooves of your conditioning. This is why it can seem like 'hard work' to overcome them and create new ways of thinking and of behaving which lead to new results. Continue Reading
Ego’s Hold II
Further to “Ego’s Hold”, when Ego is unable to formulate a person’s identity, schisms occur.[1] Let’s dig in the soil to recognize some of these. Despite the reality that Ego ‘commission one’[2] is tasked with orienting the Soul in Space and Time, it, too, needs to have its bearings. This is perhaps the key reason why Ego creates ‘identity’. Identity – a perception of who one is – gives Ego its bearings. It identifies who the Continue Reading