| unconsciously instituted to effect a flight from the ego. You know how many ways exist in which | 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO |
| of holding on too tight to the very ego which created the imbalance in the first place | 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO |
| is no solution. Only a strong, healthy, robust ego can afford to let go of itself. Such | 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO |
| afford to let go of itself. Such an ego can give itself up and integrate with the | 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO |
| to these areas, you will see that the ego does its part, but is not exclusively in | 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO |
| do not work out. When closely observed, the ego presses and pushes, assuming that thus it will | 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO |
| fear to let go of your outer, controlling ego. Since your destructiveness comes from a negative magnetic | 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO |
| view your refusal to let go of the ego is understandable and even healthy self- protection. It | 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO |
| precise awareness. You will observe how you pressure ego energy into the wrong channel and will be | 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO |
| which make you fear giving up the little ego. You will understand clearly why you fear happiness | 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO |
| create your life apparently independently of your volitional ego. The more such trust exists, the less problematic | 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO |
| How can you let go of the little ego with its tight control if there is no | 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO |
| constructive channels. Only in this way can the ego become strong and healthy and integrate with that | 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO |
| take too great control of the reins. The ego must neither be shoved aside nor overburdened. The | 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO |
| how could a person help but overburden the ego and charge it with tasks it is not | 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO |
| being is harmonious integration between it and the ego possible. This, my friends, is how integration, trust | 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO |
| cut-off spirituality, but by complete integration of the ego with the inner self. Now, are there any | 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO |
| are some very unhappy ones. Now, where the ego is concerned, I have the feeling that either | 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO |
| concerned, I have the feeling that either the ego runs the show or it goes away completely | 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO |
| field exists in you, letting go of your ego is naturally very frightening to you. It appears | 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO |
| guarantee life. It appears that giving up this ego state means annihilation of your individuality, which, of | 143 UNITY AND DUALITY |
| knowledge of this inborn intelligence far surpasses the ego intelligence. It is completely objective; it disregards the | 143 UNITY AND DUALITY |
| others. Far from being the annihilation that the ego fears, that truth opens up the storehouse of | 143 UNITY AND DUALITY |
| whose accomplishments become possible precisely because the little ego no longer wants to misuse them in order | 143 UNITY AND DUALITY |
| to why you are terrified to relinquish the ego state, hence the dualistic, painful way of life | 143 UNITY AND DUALITY |
| however, beyond the personal, little considerations of the ego. The dualistic plane is the plane of the | 143 UNITY AND DUALITY |
| The dualistic plane is the plane of the ego. The unified plane is the world of the | 143 UNITY AND DUALITY |
| of the divine center, the larger self. The ego finds its whole existence on the plane in | 143 UNITY AND DUALITY |
| to give up the claims of the little ego. This does not mean annihilation, but to the | 143 UNITY AND DUALITY |
| This does not mean annihilation, but to the ego it seems to mean just this. Actually, the | 143 UNITY AND DUALITY |
| it seems to mean just this. Actually, the ego is a particle, an isolated aspect of the | 143 UNITY AND DUALITY |
| from. But this does not mean that the ego has to be annihilated. In fact, the ego | 143 UNITY AND DUALITY |
| ego has to be annihilated. In fact, the ego will eventually integrate with the real self so | 143 UNITY AND DUALITY |
| assets than you can imagine. But the separated ego thinks this development means annihilation. In its ignorant | 143 UNITY AND DUALITY |
| means annihilation. In its ignorant, limited way, the ego exists only as a separated being; hence, it | 143 UNITY AND DUALITY |
| self. This is the constant struggle of the ego until it ceases fighting against an opposite through | 143 UNITY AND DUALITY |
| long as you are totally identified with your ego, you will continue to cultivate more separation, and | 143 UNITY AND DUALITY |
| and guarantee to assuage your existential fears. The ego thinks, If everyone around me considers me special | 143 UNITY AND DUALITY |
| and expressing itself through your individuality, integrating your ego faculties with its universal self. Such integration enhances | 143 UNITY AND DUALITY |
| you must relinquish your hold on the outer ego. That is, you have to give up trusting | 145 RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF LIFE |
| is, you have to give up trusting the ego exclusively, and use it as a tool to | 145 RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF LIFE |
| general state affecting all people, but how the ego blocks the real self is a personal question | 145 RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF LIFE |
| often contradicts outer rules which come from humanity's ego self. Hence, no matter how much people rebel | 145 RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF LIFE |
| the fear, the pride, the selfwill of your ego and strive toward the voice of the divine | 145 RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF LIFE |
| to remove certain effects of identifying with your ego because you ignore or fear the activation of | 145 RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF LIFE |
| about it. By contrast, the pursuits of the ego, no matter how great your accomplishments, will never | 145 RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF LIFE |
| makes you afraid of letting go of the ego, so you remain centered in, and oriented to | 145 RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF LIFE |
| remain centered in, and oriented to, the outer ego. This outer ego is incompatible with the unified | 145 RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF LIFE |
| and oriented to, the outer ego. This outer ego is incompatible with the unified world of all | 145 RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF LIFE |
| in the way of letting go of the ego is always, when fully exposed and understood, something | 145 RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF LIFE |
| an absolute necessity in order to shed the ego identification. When I say shed, I do not | 145 RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF LIFE |
| mean it in the sense of giving the ego up but of using it as a tool | 145 RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF LIFE |
| find the inner being, and then allowing the ego to integrate with it. It should be clearly | 145 RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF LIFE |
| do you put your faith in the imprisoning ego of the little outer self and the little | 145 RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF LIFE |
| yourself to the values, rules, and concepts of ego logic. When you want to be transformed, you | 145 RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF LIFE |
| as long as you have not transcended the ego level of reality. You cannot reconcile fulfillment and | 145 RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF LIFE |
| call the real self. As long as the ego is the sole motivator of an individual's life | 146 POSITIVE CONCEPT OF LIFE-FEARLESSNESS TO LOVE-BALANCE BETWEEN ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY |
| must be directly contacted and activated by the ego faculties. Without this help, the necessary energy and | 146 POSITIVE CONCEPT OF LIFE-FEARLESSNESS TO LOVE-BALANCE BETWEEN ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY |
| the necessary energy and stamina are missing. The ego faculties must always establish a connection with the | 146 POSITIVE CONCEPT OF LIFE-FEARLESSNESS TO LOVE-BALANCE BETWEEN ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY |
| or characteristic by the exclusive use of the ego, without help from the real self, so it | 146 POSITIVE CONCEPT OF LIFE-FEARLESSNESS TO LOVE-BALANCE BETWEEN ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY |
| is not a quality that resides in the ego. The ego has other functions. It has functions | 146 POSITIVE CONCEPT OF LIFE-FEARLESSNESS TO LOVE-BALANCE BETWEEN ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY |
| a quality that resides in the ego. The ego has other functions. It has functions of will | 146 POSITIVE CONCEPT OF LIFE-FEARLESSNESS TO LOVE-BALANCE BETWEEN ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY |
| themselves. If you are totally identified with your ego, action must be frightening because the ego is | 146 POSITIVE CONCEPT OF LIFE-FEARLESSNESS TO LOVE-BALANCE BETWEEN ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY |
| your ego, action must be frightening because the ego is not equipped to undertake purposeful action without | 146 POSITIVE CONCEPT OF LIFE-FEARLESSNESS TO LOVE-BALANCE BETWEEN ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY |
| true that when you identify exclusively with your ego and avoid or neglect the existence of a | 146 POSITIVE CONCEPT OF LIFE-FEARLESSNESS TO LOVE-BALANCE BETWEEN ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY |
| to fail. As I have said before, the ego cannot possibly give you these powers. It cannot | 146 POSITIVE CONCEPT OF LIFE-FEARLESSNESS TO LOVE-BALANCE BETWEEN ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY |
| laborious effort of trying to love with your ego. These efforts exhaust you, and the more exhausted | 146 POSITIVE CONCEPT OF LIFE-FEARLESSNESS TO LOVE-BALANCE BETWEEN ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY |
| which seems an added strain to the exhausted ego. You then flee into passivity, which seems like | 146 POSITIVE CONCEPT OF LIFE-FEARLESSNESS TO LOVE-BALANCE BETWEEN ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY |
| experienced, unhampered by the fearful, distrustful or cunning ego, can ever be a waste. Only numbing the | 147 THE NATURE OF LIFE AND HUMAN NATURE |
| the blockage are thoroughly understood. The child's immature ego faculties make adequate dealing with the negative condition | 148 POSITIVITY AND NEGATIVITY: ONE ENERGY CURRENT |
| yourself in trouble. Then individuality cannot unfold because ego, vanity, and ruthlessness take its place and automatically | 148 POSITIVITY AND NEGATIVITY: ONE ENERGY CURRENT |
| anger and self-pity offer a substitute gratification. The ego must make its most constructive inner effort to | 149 COSMIC PULL TOWARD UNION -- FRUSTRATION |
| need. The rest follows by itself, and the ego is carried by the inner forces activated in | 149 COSMIC PULL TOWARD UNION -- FRUSTRATION |
| ego-attitude and prohibits the letting go of the ego. Thus pleasure cannot be experienced to the extent | 151 INTENSITY: AN OBSTACLE TO SELF-REALIZATION |
| cannot be experienced to the extent that the ego holds on and obstructs the involuntary processes. Whoever | 151 INTENSITY: AN OBSTACLE TO SELF-REALIZATION |
| guiding, inspiring, and instructing you until your separated ego integrates with it, so that you become undivided | 151 INTENSITY: AN OBSTACLE TO SELF-REALIZATION |
| withhold yourself in a tight grip on your ego. The innate urge to let go of the | 151 INTENSITY: AN OBSTACLE TO SELF-REALIZATION |
| peace, be in God. 152. CONNECTION BETWEEN THE EGO AND THE UNIVERSAL POWER Greetings, my dearest friends | 152 CONNECTION BETWEEN THE EGO AND THE UNIVERSAL POWER |
| last analysis, entirely on the relationship between your ego and the universal life principle -- the real | 152 CONNECTION BETWEEN THE EGO AND THE UNIVERSAL POWER |
| energy. The separated ego-personality possesses both, but the ego intelligence is by far inferior to the universal | 152 CONNECTION BETWEEN THE EGO AND THE UNIVERSAL POWER |
| able to perceive the existential conflict between the ego and the universal consciousness. The spontaneously manifesting universal | 152 CONNECTION BETWEEN THE EGO AND THE UNIVERSAL POWER |
| tries to convey this experience to those whose ego is still in conflict with the creative life | 152 CONNECTION BETWEEN THE EGO AND THE UNIVERSAL POWER |
| basic fear of letting go of the outer ego to let the universal processes unfold and carry | 152 CONNECTION BETWEEN THE EGO AND THE UNIVERSAL POWER |
| It is the misunderstanding that giving up the ego means giving up existence. In order to get | 152 CONNECTION BETWEEN THE EGO AND THE UNIVERSAL POWER |
| of this problem, let us consider how the ego formed itself out of universal life. Individualization is | 152 CONNECTION BETWEEN THE EGO AND THE UNIVERSAL POWER |
| associated only with separate existence. Giving up the ego must then appear to the individual as an | 152 CONNECTION BETWEEN THE EGO AND THE UNIVERSAL POWER |
| allowed to take over and integrate with the ego functions. Some of my friends have begun to | 152 CONNECTION BETWEEN THE EGO AND THE UNIVERSAL POWER |
| This comes from the illusion that the outer ego is all there is to individuality. This is | 152 CONNECTION BETWEEN THE EGO AND THE UNIVERSAL POWER |
| the fear to let go of all tight ego defenses. By the same token, those who begin | 152 CONNECTION BETWEEN THE EGO AND THE UNIVERSAL POWER |
| humanity, begin to fall into place when the ego connects with universal life. When I speak of | 152 CONNECTION BETWEEN THE EGO AND THE UNIVERSAL POWER |
| When I speak of letting go of the ego, I do not mean its annihilation, or even | 152 CONNECTION BETWEEN THE EGO AND THE UNIVERSAL POWER |
| or letting it fall by the wayside. The ego has made itself a separated part of the | 152 CONNECTION BETWEEN THE EGO AND THE UNIVERSAL POWER |
| is immediately accessible if so desired, when the ego is ready to reconnect itself to its original | 152 CONNECTION BETWEEN THE EGO AND THE UNIVERSAL POWER |
| reconnect itself to its original source. When the ego becomes strong enough to take the risk to | 152 CONNECTION BETWEEN THE EGO AND THE UNIVERSAL POWER |
| new step stems from the idea that the ego will be crushed, it will fall into nothingness | 152 CONNECTION BETWEEN THE EGO AND THE UNIVERSAL POWER |
| the apprehension of falling and crushing when the ego is given up as the sole form of | 152 CONNECTION BETWEEN THE EGO AND THE UNIVERSAL POWER |
| The element of danger comes in when the ego yields to the involuntary processes. The shame is | 152 CONNECTION BETWEEN THE EGO AND THE UNIVERSAL POWER |
| pretenses I just described. These stand between the ego and the universal self. They form a thin | 152 CONNECTION BETWEEN THE EGO AND THE UNIVERSAL POWER |
| the apparently dangerous and unbridgeable chasm between the ego and the universal power. They are responsible for | 152 CONNECTION BETWEEN THE EGO AND THE UNIVERSAL POWER |
| all dormant potentials. It means to integrate the ego with as yet involuntary processes. The ego consists | 153 THE SELF-REGULATING NATURE OF INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES |
| the ego with as yet involuntary processes. The ego consists of the outer reasoning faculty and the | 153 THE SELF-REGULATING NATURE OF INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES |
| is directly rather than indirectly governable by the ego processes, cannot rightfully be called a feeling. Why | 153 THE SELF-REGULATING NATURE OF INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES |
| lasting value, can ever be a product of ego function, of direct ego control. Why is humanity | 153 THE SELF-REGULATING NATURE OF INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES |
| be a product of ego function, of direct ego control. Why is humanity bent on destroying, dominating | 153 THE SELF-REGULATING NATURE OF INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES |
| involuntary processes -- and substituting them with the ego faculties? These ego faculties are much less adequate | 153 THE SELF-REGULATING NATURE OF INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES |
| and substituting them with the ego faculties? These ego faculties are much less adequate, much less wise | 153 THE SELF-REGULATING NATURE OF INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES |
| the first time -- that the overexertion of ego control and denial of involuntary processes create a | 153 THE SELF-REGULATING NATURE OF INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES |
| or lesser degree, depending on how much the ego controls the creative life within, it creates sickness | 153 THE SELF-REGULATING NATURE OF INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES |
| believe that this is a result of insufficient ego control, you try to increase rather than decrease | 153 THE SELF-REGULATING NATURE OF INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES |
| out all inner creative life and use the ego faculties in another way, which I will explain | 153 THE SELF-REGULATING NATURE OF INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES |
| destruction once you let go of the sharp ego control? Unless you trust the involuntary processes, the | 153 THE SELF-REGULATING NATURE OF INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES |
| Unless you trust the involuntary processes, the exaggerated ego control cannot be relinquished and you can never | 153 THE SELF-REGULATING NATURE OF INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES |
| new ideas that seem to threaten you. When ego control is too tight, such words may indeed | 153 THE SELF-REGULATING NATURE OF INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES |
| all have to fight against too tight an ego control where reason and will crowd out the | 153 THE SELF-REGULATING NATURE OF INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES |
| exert any willpower, any pressure with your outer ego faculties, in order to have your biological functions | 153 THE SELF-REGULATING NATURE OF INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES |
| possible respect. You do have to use your ego so as to nurture and cultivate healthful habits | 153 THE SELF-REGULATING NATURE OF INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES |
| health. It would be utter folly of the ego to control the functions that are not responsive | 153 THE SELF-REGULATING NATURE OF INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES |
| The same relationship, my friends, exists between the ego and the involuntary processes of the emotional life | 153 THE SELF-REGULATING NATURE OF INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES |
| procedures -- as the biological ones. If the ego does not interfere, self-regulation occurs effortlessly and naturally | 153 THE SELF-REGULATING NATURE OF INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES |
| interfere, self-regulation occurs effortlessly and naturally. Again, the ego has its role to play. Its task is | 153 THE SELF-REGULATING NATURE OF INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES |
| be as rigorously overcome as the rigor of ego control must be relinquished. This is how balance | 153 THE SELF-REGULATING NATURE OF INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES |
| cultivation of healthful mental habits chosen by the ego can be paralleled on the physical level. As | 153 THE SELF-REGULATING NATURE OF INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES |
| create conditions and experiences of life. When the ego no longer dominates the involuntary processes, intuition will | 153 THE SELF-REGULATING NATURE OF INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES |
| and the involuntary processes are integrated with the ego functions can life be truly fulfilling and rich | 153 THE SELF-REGULATING NATURE OF INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES |
| I give in, if I let go of ego control, what will happen? My feelings may want | 153 THE SELF-REGULATING NATURE OF INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES |
| to warrant the fear of letting go of ego control and trusting the flow of involuntary processes | 153 THE SELF-REGULATING NATURE OF INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES |
| that these processes are chaotic, that only your ego is orderly and safe. This feeling is, again | 153 THE SELF-REGULATING NATURE OF INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES |
| out of one's best, the integration of the ego functions with the highly creative potentials that are | 153 THE SELF-REGULATING NATURE OF INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES |
| used against letting go because letting go of ego vigilance would mean the recognition of facts that | 153 THE SELF-REGULATING NATURE OF INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES |
| answers coming from inside; when you use your ego faculties, your will faculties, your discipline, to involve | 153 THE SELF-REGULATING NATURE OF INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES |
| power, once you stop pushing it away with ego control. When you begin to sense the richness | 153 THE SELF-REGULATING NATURE OF INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES |
| the balance between the involuntary processes and the ego functions. Be blessed, my friends, be in peace | 153 THE SELF-REGULATING NATURE OF INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES |
| can go through. They are that because the ego relinquishes its hold and the individual surrenders to | 154 PULSATION OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| an overly watchful, denying attitude of the outer ego. The average human being experiences some aliveness at | 155 FEAR OF SELF -- GIVING AND RECEIVING |
| annihilation because then something other than the watchful ego cooperates in the process of living. Without the | 155 FEAR OF SELF -- GIVING AND RECEIVING |
| truly win. If you can lose on that ego level, you will win. You will then inevitably | 157 INFINITE POSSIBILITIES OF EXPERIENCE HINDERED BY EMOTIONAL DEPENDENCY |
| is a misunderstanding of the function of the ego and its relation to the real self. This | 158 THE EGO'S COOPERATION WITH OR OBSTRUCTION OF THE REAL SELF |
| aspects become equally true. This applies to the ego in relation to the real self. It is | 158 THE EGO'S COOPERATION WITH OR OBSTRUCTION OF THE REAL SELF |
| is equally true when one says a weak ego is incapable of establishing healthy living. These are | 158 THE EGO'S COOPERATION WITH OR OBSTRUCTION OF THE REAL SELF |
| within themselves that is infinitely superior to the ego self, they would be given the opportunity, by | 158 THE EGO'S COOPERATION WITH OR OBSTRUCTION OF THE REAL SELF |
| is anything else alive in them besides the ego. Even those of you who have, for years | 158 THE EGO'S COOPERATION WITH OR OBSTRUCTION OF THE REAL SELF |
| stake all your reliance on your limited outer ego self. You neglect to open yourself for the | 158 THE EGO'S COOPERATION WITH OR OBSTRUCTION OF THE REAL SELF |
| were nothing else but your conscious mind, your ego self with its immediately accessible thinking processes and | 158 THE EGO'S COOPERATION WITH OR OBSTRUCTION OF THE REAL SELF |
| identification. When you identify yourself exclusively with the ego or outer conscious self, when your sense of | 158 THE EGO'S COOPERATION WITH OR OBSTRUCTION OF THE REAL SELF |
| sense of self is predominantly associated with the ego functions, you become completely imbalanced and your life | 158 THE EGO'S COOPERATION WITH OR OBSTRUCTION OF THE REAL SELF |
| becomes emptied of substance and meaning. Since the ego cannot replace, or in any way come near | 158 THE EGO'S COOPERATION WITH OR OBSTRUCTION OF THE REAL SELF |