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Creation

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<blockquote class="definition">'''Creation''' refers to physical creation, everything that exists within the [[Space-Time Tube]]. That is, all that exists after [[Consciousness]] enters into [[Consciousness]].
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==Notes==

As noted in the Book of Light, '''Creation''' is a dream of energy in the mind of [[I]]. That is, creation is everything that exists within the [[Mind of God]].

'''Physical Creation''' is everything that exists within the [[Space-Time Tube]] which itself also exists within the [[Mind of God]].

Creation is both a physical process and a spiritual process (BOLIFE). The [[Physical Process of Creation]] is the process of using hands to create the world. For example, a carpenter using his hands to create a house is engaged in a process of physical creation. The [[Spiritual Process of Creation]] is the process of using [[will]] (desire + intent) to exert a non-physical influence on reality. The well-documented [[Placebo Effect]] is an example of a spiritual process of creation.

"According to the Sânkhya philosophy, nature is composed of three forces called, in Sanskrit, Sattva, Rajas, and Tamas. These as manifested in the physical world are what we may call equilibrium, activity, and inertness. Tamas is typified as darkness or inactivity; Rajas is activity, expressed as attraction or repulsion; and Sattva is the equilibrium of the two."

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Steering Emotion

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'''Steering Emotions''' are emotions that are triggered either by the brain of the [[Physical Unit]], or by the [[Resident Monadic Consciousness]] in order to guide the [[Physical Unit]] towards [[Alignment]].
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==List of Steering Emotions==

[[Steering Emotions]] > {{#ask:[[Is a::Steering Emotion]]}} regret<ref>Sosteric, Mike, and Gina Ratkovic. Lightning Path Workbook Two - Healing. Vol. 2. Lightning Path Workbook Series. St. Albert, Alberta: Lightning Path Press, 2017.</ref>

Joy, happiness, rapture, satisfaction <ref>Sosteric, Mike, and Gina Ratkovic. Lightning Path Workbook Two - Healing. Vol. 2. Lightning Path Workbook Series. St. Albert, Alberta: Lightning Path Press, 2017.</ref>

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==Notes==

Steering emotions can be positive or negative. Positive steering emotions are emotions like satisfaction, happiness, joy, rapture, and bliss. Negative steering emotions are emotions like guilt, shame, and regret.<ref>Sosteric, Mike, and Gina Ratkovic. Lightning Path Workbook Two - Healing. Vol. 2. Lightning Path Workbook Series. St. Albert, Alberta: Lightning Path Press, 2017</ref>
Negative steering emotions help identify problem spots and can also help guide the individual towards [[Alignment]], health, and stronger [[Connection]].

Positive steering emotions help identify areas of strengths, things that you should be doing and that represent authentic moves towards [[Alignment]] and [[Connection]]

Steering emotions are primarily useful while the individual remains disconnected from [[Consciousness]]. When an individual is fully (or even partially connected), alignment is determined [[noesis|noetically]], i.e. by a strong internal knowing.

Steering emotions work by encouraging and/or discouraging a physical unit from certain actions and behaviors. An individual who feels happiness when working a specific job, engaging a specific task, or existing in a certain way can feel confident their actions are aligned. An individual feeling guilt and shame may feel confident that they are doing or thinking something that is out of alignment with higher [[Monadic Consciousness]].

Steering emotions only work if an individual physical unit is "listening" to their body's emotions. If an individual has been trained not to listen (for example by a toxic gender socialization process that discourages boys from having authentic emotions), or if they have been trained to misinterpret said emotions (perhaps because of Hollywood style manipulation and redefinition of emotions), steering does not work.

An 18th-century Christian mystic and scientist by the name of Emanuel Swedenborg noted the reality and significance of these “emotive communications.” He called them “signs” and said that he felt “assured his thoughts were on the right track when he experienced what he called “a sign’:’…a certain cheering light and joyful flash…that darts through some sacred temple of the brain” George F. Dole and Robert H. Kirven, A Scientist Explores Spirit: A Biography of Emanuel Swedenborg (Pennsylvania: Chrysalis books, 1997) p. 34.

Einstein has a dim awareness of steering emotions when he says "One never goes wrong following his feelings. I don't mean emotions, I mean feeling, for feeling and intuition are one." (Hermanns, 1983: np)

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Dissociation

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'''Dissociation''' is an [[Awareness Reduction Mechanism]] that involves detachment from reality (derealization) and frpm self (depersonalization).</blockquote>

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Boundary Visualization

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A '''Boundary Visualization''' is a visualization that helps protect you from other by creating energetic boundaries around you.These boundaries can help keep toxic energies and toxic people away from you, while allowing more positive influences to enter your spaces.
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==Notes==

Boundaries may be visualized with any material (e.g. bricks) or energy (e.g. white light). To build a boundary, visualize an energy wall, a stone wall, or some other sort of fortification around your body, your house, and all those people and things that you wish to help protect. The boundary visualization is most effective when performed in the morning when you wake up, in the evening before you go to bed, and repeated multiple times throughout your day.

When visualizing a boundary, do not make it impenetrable to all things. Visualize light energy bolts penetrating and entering, but see slings, arrows, and the dark and icky bolts of the old energy world bouncing off and easily repelled. Visualize many times a day, when you wake and before you go to sleep. The world remains a toxic place. Never forget to protect yourself. Always build and reinforce the boundary.

Be aware that the use of boundary visualizations will, at present time, likely reduce your social experience as all those influences that are any kind of a threat are subtly removed from your personal reality. This is a good thing since it removes negativity, violence, and other albatrosses of spiritual awakening and empowerment.

Finally, although you may be tempted, try not to mourn the loss of darkness, negativity, and violence from your personal sphere, or the realities of this planet. Mourning the loss may create energetic space for the re-entry of these energies and influences, and this is something that you wish to avoid.

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Psychic Wound

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A '''Psychic Wound''' is an emotional, psychological, or spiritual wound caused by emotional, psychological, or spiritual assault<ref>Sosteric, Mike, and Gina Ratkovic. Lightning Path Workbook Two - Healing. Vol. 2. Lightning Path Workbook Series. St. Albert, Alberta: Lightning Path Press, 2017. https://www.lightningpath.org/lp-workbooks/.</ref> severe enough to alter the bio-chemical functioning of the brain and central nervous system and damage the [[Bodily Ego]] .
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==Notes==

An emotional wound is a wound that damages us emotionally, etc.

What do emotional, psychological and spiritual wounds look like?

Psychic wounds are extremely common, particularly since [[Toxic Socialization]] encourages emotional, psychological, or spiritual assault.

Damage includes damage to self-esteem, damage to sense of self, damage to sense of power and will, damage to thoughts and perspective. (see the primary components of [[Ego]])

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Maladaptive Adaptation

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A '''Maladaptive adaptation''' is a physiological, emotional, or behavioural adaptation that is functional in one environment, but dysfunctional in another. For example, [[Attention Deficit Adaptation]] is functional in chaotic and violent environments, but dysfunctional in structured environments like the classroom, or the workplace.<ref>Sosteric, Mike & Ratkovic, Gina (draft). Gateway to Eden: Darwin, Lamarck, and the Ascent of Humanity. Unpublished manuscript. </ref> </blockquote>

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Theorists have identified the fact that while psychopathologies are maladaptive, "they often represent the best adaptations the individuals are able to make given the challenges they have encountered." <ref>Ryan, Richard M., and Edward L. Deci. “The Darker and Brighter Sides of Human Existence: Basic Psychological Needs as a Unifying Concept.” ''Psychological Inquiry'' 11, no. 4 (October 1, 2000): 319–38. p. 402. <nowiki>https://doi.org/10.1207/S15327965PLI1104_03</nowiki></ref>{{endstuff}}

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Unfolding of Creation

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'''The Unfolding of Creation''' (or just '''The Unfolding''') refers to the process of physical [[Creation]] as an Unfolding of Consciousness.<ref>{{BOLIFE}}</ref></blockquote>

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==Notes==

[[R.M. Bucke]] uses [[The Upbuilding]] and [[The Unfolding]] to refer to the Unfolding of Creation.

"What I mean is that though our teachings insist upon the identity of spirit and matter, and though we say that spirit is potential matter, and matter simply crystallized spirit (e.g., as ice is solidified steam)..." <ref>Blavatsky, H. P. The Key to Theosophy: A Clear Exposition Based on the Wisdom Religion of All Ages. Theosophical University Press, 1889.</ref>

"We believe in no creation, but in the periodical and consecutive appearances of the universe from the subjective on to the objective plane of being, at regular intervals of time, covering periods of immense duration....The Hindoos call such alternations the "Days and Nights of Brahma," or the time of Manvantara and that of Pralaya (dissolution). The Westerns may call them Universal Days and Nights if they prefer. During the latter (the nights) All is in All; every atom is resolved into one Homogeneity."<ref>Blavatsky, H. P. The Key to Theosophy: A Clear Exposition Based on the Wisdom Religion of All Ages. Theosophical University Press, 1889.</ref>

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System Architect

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<blockquote class="definition">A '''System Architect''' is an individual involved in the creation (or re-creation) of The System via the development of [[Creation Template]]s. </blockquote>

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In ancient times system architects would have been priests and high priests, easily identifiable by their dress, demeanor, and deportment. In modern times system architects are much harder to discern but include teachers, academics, reporters, entertainment and news writers, and all others wittingly or unwittingly involved in the religious, spiritual, and "communication" enterprises.

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The Wheel

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<blockquote class="definition">'''The Wheel''' is a syncretic term for the [[Regime of Accumulation]]. It is also an [[Archetype]] in the [[Masonic Creation Template]]
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Old Energy Archetype

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An '''Old Energy Archetype''' is an [[Archetype]] created by [[Agents of Consciousness]] in [[Symbol Factory]], distributed by [[Ideoloogical Institution]]s and designed specifically to undermine healing and connection and create a subservient and easy to manipulate population. Old energy archetypes are archetypes designed to create a world of privilege for the few, and [[Disconnection]] and servitude for the masses.</blockquote>

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==List of Old Energy Archetypes from the Masonic Tarot==

As you learn about in the article ''A Sociolgy of Tarot,''<ref>"A Sociology of Tarot." Canadian Journal of Sociology 39 3 (2014). https://www.academia.edu/25055505</ref> the [[Masonic Tarot]] implements twenty-two old energy archetypes in the twenty-two trump or major arcana cards. The Masonic archetype cards are used for research and comparison purposes.

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==Notes==

Old energy archetypes facilitate [[Disconnection]] via the imposition of [[Wrong Thought]].

OEAs include the [[Fool in School]] archetype, the [[Judge and Punish]] archetype, the [[Only the Chosen Ones]] archetype, all ideas that support hierarchy and privilege.

Old energy archetypes are archetypes designed to disconnect the [[Bodily Ego]] from [[Consciousness]] (a.k.a. [[The Fabric]]) and deactivate/damage the [[Physical Unit]] in order to make it docile and compliant.

Old energy archetypes work by normalizing and encouraging [[Wrong Thought]], [[Wrong Action]], and [[Wrong Environment]].

Old Energy archetypes encourage [[Disjuncture]], thereby suppressing [[Consciousness]] and preventing it from descending into the [[Physical Unit]]. Old energy archetypes may be contrasted with [[New Energy Archetypes]].

Old energy archetypes emphasize force, violence, hierarchy, exclusion, judgment, elitism and diminishment (e.g., you are a [[Fool in School]]).

Old energy archetypes, specifically those that revolve around a patriarchal and violent God, support imperialist doctrine and imperialist societies. Mary Daly, for example, points out how a patriarchal God is used was used to justify and deify Richard Nixon and American Imperialist. "...God is an American and Nixon is "his" annointed one..." <ref>Daly, Mary. Beyond God the Father: Toward a Philosophy of Women’s Liberation. Boston: Beacon Press, 1973. p. 16. </ref>

As noted in the article ''From Zoroaster to Stars"<ref>Mike Sosteric. "From Zoroaster to Star Wars, Jesus to Marx: The Science and Technology of Mass Human Behaviour". 2018. <https://www.academia.edu/34504691>.</ref>, old energy archetypes were developed by ancient elites. Old energy archetypes are thus ancient elite spiritual propaganda.

As noted in the article "Mike Sosteric. The Sociology of Tarot,<ref>"A Sociology of Tarot." Canadian Journal of Sociology 39 3 (2014). https://www.academia.edu/25055505</ref> old energy archetypes find expression in the [[Masonic Tarot]].

Spiritually speaking, in addition to disconnection, old energy archetypes also contribute to the enhancement of [[Force]] (i.e. [[Yang]]) and suppression of [[Yin]] (BOLIFE)

Old energy archetypes are at the root of the unfolding planetary crises.

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Completion Experience

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<blockquote class="definition">A '''Completion Experience''' is an experience of total union with [[God]]/[[Allah]]/[[Consciousness]]/[[Brahman]]/
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Connection Manual

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A '''Connection Manual''' is a book, poem, parable, song, or visual presentation that gives guidance and advice on how to establish and strengthen [[Connection]].
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==Notes==

The [[Lighting Path Workbooks]] are an attempt to provide a comprehensive, grounded, and modern set of healing and connection manuals.

In the history of this planet, many people from many different spiritual traditions have attempted to provide connection manuals

Connection manuals are a recognized thing in the spiritual literature of this world. When introducing the [[Crest-Jewel of Wisdom]], an early Vedic connection manual by Śankarâchârya, Charles Johnston notes he wrote a series of "preparatory works, of catechisms and manuals" designed to make "smooth the path of those who would take the first steps on the path of wisdom." <ref>Sankaracharya. The Crest-Jewel of Wisdom and Other Writings of Sankaracharya. Translated by Charles Johnston. Kindle Edition. 1999: Theosophical University Press, 1946. p. 5 https://www.theosociety.org/pasadena/crest/crest-1.htm.</ref>

Charles notes "the manuals and catechisms for learners, are complete and perfect. They really teach, quite plainly and lucidly, the first steps on the path of wisdom; they point out, with clear insistence, the qualities that are necessary to make these first steps fruitful."<ref>Sankaracharya. The Crest-Jewel of Wisdom and Other Writings of Sankaracharya. Translated by Charles Johnston. Kindle Edition. 1999: Theosophical University Press, 1946. p. 5 https://www.theosociety.org/pasadena/crest/crest-1.htm.</ref>

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Water Glass Metaphor

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<blockquote class="definition">'''The Water Glass Metaphor''' )a.k.a. '''Water Glass Visualization''', is a visual metaphor used to describe the processes of re-[[Connection]], as viewed from the perspective of the [[Physical Unit]]. The visualization shows water (i.e. [[Consciousness]]) filling the glass (i.e. the [[Physical Unit]]. The Water Glass Metaphor also functions as a [[Water Glass Visualization|visualization]].
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==Notes==

The Water Glass Metaphor is an ideal representation of the process of spiritual awakening/connection, and a perfect way to explain to children and adults the goal of human [[Development]] which is the expansion/[[Descent of Consciousness]] into the body.

At conception, a drop of Consciousness is poured into the physical container. The container is gradually filled throughout pregnancy until sufficient Consciousness can be contained in the body to allow for birth. At birth, the water glass is partially filled, but gradually, as the child matures into adulthood, the glass is filled. How high the glass is filled depends in large measure on a non-toxic process, and proper on ongoing satisfaction of the [[Seven Essential Needs].

Toxic/violent environments (i.e. [[Toxic Socialization]] diminish the capacity of the physical unit to contain/connect with Consciousness.

The highest levels of Consciousness can only be attained when social, political, economic, and psychological conditions support that attainment. Currently, conditions on this earth DO NOT support high levels of Consciousness in the body.

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Bodily Ego

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The '''Bodily Ego''' is your body's [[ego]]. It is the part of you that is tied to your physical body. Neurologically, the bodily ego is the [[Default Mode Network]] in your brain.<ref>Sosteric, Mike, and Ratkovic, Gina. Lightning Path Workbook One: Basic Concepts. Vol. 1. Lightning Path Workbook Series. St. Albert, Alberta: Lightning Path Press, 2016. https://press.lightningpath.org/product/the-lightning-path-book-one-authentic-spirituality/. You can read the chapter where the concept is introduced online [https://www.lightningpath.org/workbook-one/connection-the-physical-unit-the-spiritual-ego-the-bodily-ego/ here]</ref> <ref>For the neurology behind this, see Sosteric. The Science of Ascension: A Neurologically Grounded Theory of Mystical/Spiritual Experience. [https://www.academia.edu/28919294/The_Science_of_Ascension_A_Neurologically_Grounded_Theory_of_Mystical_Spiritual_Experience]</ref>.
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==Propositions==

The bodily ego is temporal.

The bodily ego is dependent for existence on the hardware provided by physical creation.

The bodily ego is an “artificial intelligence,” designed into the physical unit in order to help it survive, thrive, and evolve towards greater [[Perfection]] of [[Connection]].

The bodily ego is programmed and, it should be noted, damaged by its experiences in the world.

A damaged bodily ego will, for various reasons (e.g., low self-esteem, confused archetypes, fears, anger, adaptive responses that prevent disconnection by causing mis[[Alignment]] and [[Disjuncture]]), be unable to connect properly to [[Spiritual Ego]].

==Notes==

The bodily ego is like the artificial intelligence (AI) that drives an autonomous vehicle. It is programmed by the environment and by developers, and it has a certain autonomy, but it is never as real as the driver, i.e. [[Spiritual Ego]]

The bodily ego has two levels, a conscious level of thoughts and actions (the mind/ego),<ref>In the [[Crest-Jewel of Wisdom]], the [[Knowledge Sheath]]</ref> and an unconscious level of instincts and reactions<ref>In Freudian terms, the [[Id]]</ref>.

The Bodily Ego emerges as a consequence of the interaction between [[Consciousness]] and the sophisticated neuronal operations of the [[Default Mode Network]] of the physical brain.

The Bodily Ego is a key psychic structure of the [[Physical Unit]]. It emerges as a consequence of the interaction between...

* [[Consciousness]]
* The [[Environment]]
* The [[Physical Unit]].

As [[Ego]], the Bodily Ego consists of the four psychic elements:

* [[Self Consciousness]],
* Perspective
* Will
* Imagination

The bodily ego is the "navigational computer" of the physical unit. It is responsible for (Sosteric, SA1)

* ensuring the survival of the physical unit (i.e. preventing accidents, defending against assault)
* fulfilling the [[Needs]] of the physical unit (food, shelter, healthy body, healthy mind)
* [[Connection|reconnecting]] with [[Consciousness]] (i.e. raising the [[Consciousness Quotient]] of the [[Physical Unit]]
* fully expressing the intent and will of the Resident Monadic Consciousness which inhabits the body

The bodily ego is often taken, especially by [[materialists]], to be the locus of an individual's identity and the ultimate ontological source of being. "I think therefore I am," says Descartes. It is understandable how this conclusion may be drawn, especially by someone whose only experience is of [[Normal Consciousness]], but it is erroneous. The little "i" of the bodily ego is a mere refraction of the big "I" (Spiritual Ego) that animates the physical unit.

The bodily ego has no independent existence. Without the animating embrace of [[Spirit]], the brain may show basic autonomic functions and random cerebral activity, but there is no presence. Without the embrace of Spirit, there is no "I," and no "me." However, when Spirit [[The Embrace|embrace]]s a living body, eyes open, identity is refracted, and [[Consciousness]] slowly emerges into the world that surrounds.

The bodily ego, which is rooted in the programmable structures and energy flows of the physical unit, automatically shapes itself in efforts to ensure survival, meet [[needs]], and (if survival and needs are met) full reconnection. Therefore, the root of adolescent and adult pathology may often be found in the twisted shape the bodily ego takes when dealing with [[Toxic Socialization]] and toxic environments.

Pleasure is a general, but by no means exclusive, indicator of survival and needs satisfaction.

Substances which are medium or long-term destructive to the bodily ego/physical unit (for example Heroin/shopping/distance running) that provide pleasure (serotonin release) may become neurologically and psychologically confused with pleasures (eating healthy, exercising).

===Healthy Ego===

A healthy [[Physical Unit]] contains a healthy bodily ego. A healthy bodily ego consists of an ego with a strong sense of self, high self-esteem, realistic self-efficacy, and strong ground with reality (proper perspective), and healthy imagination. A healthy bodily ego is achieved when children are raised in a healthy, safe, loving, and supportive environments (a.k.a. [[Right Environment]] that meets all [[Seven Essential Needs]].

A healthy bodily ego is an ego that is [[Alignment|aligned]] with the [[Spiritual Ego]] thereby allowing the [[Physical Unit|physical unit]] to contain a full measure of the animating [[Monad]]. A healthy ego allows full [[presence]] of [[Consciousness]].

'''Supportive environments''' are those that support the realization of the full psychological, emotional, spiritual, and physical potential of the physical unit as container/vehicle of [[Consciousness]]. Unsupportive (toxic) environments are environments that undermine full potential.

A healthy society that offers a [[Healthy Socialization]] process will ensure that all children are raised in healthy, safe, and loving environments. However, under current psychological and sociological conditions we endure a [[Toxic Socialization]] process. This toxic socialization process does do not support healthy ego development.

[[Capitalism]], because it depends on [[Disconnection|disconnected]] / [[Alienation|alienated]] workers for exploitation, provides unsupportive, unhealthy, unsafe, and unloving environments. Capitalism is a toxic system that damages the physical unit, undermines full potential, and distorts the bodily ego in the interest of private profit and accumulation (RSGME).

The "normal" experience of a bodily ego damaged by toxic socializaton consists of low-grade neurosis accompanied by rigid belief systems, uncritical compliance with establishment norms and values, and lack of empathic Connection to Self (which includes family, community, Gaia, etc). Under those conditions where the [[Physical Unit]] is subject to continuous abuse, and/or where the physical unit experiences premature crown chakra openings, low-grade neurosis may expand into full-blown psychotic dysfunction.

==Dysfunction and Pathology==

The bodily ego is a sensitive manifestation of cellular consciousness and, when improperly nurtured or actively [[assault|assaulted]], is subject to easy damage. Damage may range from the easy to treat outcome of mild physical abuse to the severe, intractable, and sometimes fatal ego destruction that occurs when children experience chronic neglect and assault. Damage may fall into several categories. Arranged in ascending order of damage and dysfunction, these categories are:

* Mild Ego Damage
* [[Ego Pathology]] [[Ego Dysfunction]] |
* Neurosis
* Psychosis
* Schizophrenia

==LP Courses that Discuss the Bodily Ego==

* [https://www.lightningpath.org/curriculum/foundations/key-concepts/?parent=23266#anchor LP 100 Key Concepts]

==Further Reading==

# [https://press.lightningpath.org/product/the-lightning-path-book-one-authentic-spirituality/ Connection, the Physical Unit, the Spiritual Ego, the Bodily Ego]

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'''Church God''' (a.k.a. [[Father God]]) refers to the patriarchal personification of God offered to the masses by priests of Western ecclesiastical institutions.<ref>Sosteric, Mike. 2017. “The Trouble with Atheists.” Socjourn. https://www.academia.edu/36823156/the_trouble_with_some_atheists.docx</ref> Church God is a sexist and racist [[archetype]] used to both a) control the thinking and behavior of the masses, and b) justify wealth and privilege, in particular in the archetypal variation [[Alpha God]].
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==Notes==

Church God, specifically the patriarchal and violent God of Western Monotheisms, supports imperialist doctrine and imperialist societies. Mary Daly, for example, points out how a patriarchal God is used was used to justify and deify Richard Nixon and American Imperialist. "...God is an American and Nixon is "his" annointed one..." <ref>Daly, Mary. Beyond God the Father: Toward a Philosophy of Women’s Liberation. Boston: Beacon Press, 1973. p. 16. </ref>

"The widespread conception of the "Supreme Being" as an entity distinct from this world but controlling it according to plan and keeping human beings in a state of infantile subjection has been a not too subtle mask of the divine patriarch. " <ref>Daly, Mary. Beyond God the Father: Toward a Philosophy of Women’s Liberation. Boston: Beacon Press, 1973. p. 18. </ref>

Daly also notes how patriarchal conceptions of God are used to suppress women. "I have already indicated that it would be unrealistic to dismiss the fact that the symbolic and linguistic instruments for communication-which include essentially the whole theological tradition in world religions-have been formulated by males under the conditions of patriarchy. It is therefore inherent in these symbolic and linguistic structures that they serve the purposes of patriarchal social arrangements." <ref>Daly, Mary. Beyond God the Father: Toward a Philosophy of Women’s Liberation. Boston: Beacon Press, 1973. p. 22. </ref>

==Further Reading==

Sosteric, Mike. 2017. “The Trouble with Atheists.” Socjourn. https://www.academia.edu/36823156/the_trouble_with_some_atheists.docx

Video: What Did Einstein Say About Religion? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9Kg8WEVkgA

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