From: "Jal Kae" 
Newsgroups: alt.paranormal.channeling
Organization: CyberGate, Inc.
Original Date: 21 Sep 1996 20:52:45 -0400
Ego Briefs
What's an ego, anyway? Some say that it's an illusion while others say
that it's the cause of all our problems. Let's define ego as *the combined
pictures of reality that our mental, emotional, physical, and astral
bodies produce.* It does not, however, include the pictures of the
spiritual body (although the ego can use spiritual information to inflate
itself). The ego is our mortal consciousness. 
(A picture of reality is a belief about what is real. We develop these
beliefs from our experiences, social training, and religious dogma. Also,
we inherit them from our human-animal instincts and past life lessons.)
We need an ego to relate to others and to make sense of our lives. It's
part of our human equipment. Some groups recommend "ego death" as a way to
reach God or become enlightened. The logic is that the ego keeps you bound
to a material perspective. If you kill it, then you become free from the
vanities of humanity. The catch, however, is that you can't divorce your
body from its pictures. You can transcend its pictures, but you can't
eliminate them. 
Size
Egos come in three sizes: under-inflated, over-inflated and balanced.
Under-inflated egos are introverted and yin. They are intimidated easily.
Over-inflated egos are extroverted and yang. They have huge blind spots
and hemorrhage when someone tells them what to do. When an ego becomes too
under- or over-inflated, it becomes dysfunctional. 
Conversely, balanced egos use the yin and yang qualities appropriately.
They appreciate themselves, know the importance of integrity, and
understand that they aren't perfect. 
Seekers and Deniers
We can further sort egos into two categories: Seekers and Deniers. Seekers
crave love and acceptance. Love and acceptance motivate them. Deniers are
dry and withhold love and acceptance, using denial as a control tool. Both
groups manipulate and have unspoken demands. You can see this interplay
between Seekers and Deniers everyday. 
Defense
Egos must defend themselves, and the more extreme or entrenched the
picture of reality, the greater the need to defend the picture. By
identifying with our mortal consciousness, we mistakenly believe that we
are defending ourselves rather than our pictures. 
Offense
Egos take events personally and need to prove themselves right: They
fight, and behave self-righteously. And they're critical and cynical, to
boot. Mostly, egos are nobody's friend. They have a high need to control
everything. Astrological archetypes shape how they express this control.
A mortal consciousness feels secure when everything is predictable. That's
why if you present them with something new - try to force it on them - you
become the enemy. 
Battle
Each picture of reality that our bodies produce is an identity in itself.
We have hundreds of these self-contained fragments, and each fragment
insists that its view is real. At times, these pictures of reality clash;
internal conflicts arise. 
Moving On
When we officially die, our ego dies. The astral body, a time-based
entity, keeps the ego's memories, and it carries them into other lives.
Eventually, however, the astral body with its lifetimes of experience dies
as well. But if time is an illusion, then ego is no more than memories.
Timeless spirit collects these memories and keeps them on file. ("There is
nowhere to go and nothing to do but collect experience.") 
There is Here
In the library at the end of time, spirit has recorded the experiences of
all creatures that have ever lived. When this universe has run its course
- the library is full - we leap back into the Source. In this place, we
rest and wait to begin another adventure. The drama of today is but one
poignant, distant memory. From a divine (and paradoxical) perspective,
we're at that resting and waiting place, now. 
In Light, we are one.
Evin 
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