Spiritual Ego
The Spiritual Ego is your Real Self, your True Self, your Highest Self. Your spiritual ego is that part of your identity which is eternal and that exists independently of your Physical Unit. In other words, your soul, Atman, higher Self, etc.[1]
Aspects of Ego
Ego > Imagination, Perspective, Self Awareness, Will
Syncretic Terms
Spiritual Ego > Ajayu, Angel, Atman, Augoeides, Big Self, Blazing Star, Brahman, Bright Light, Buddha Nature, Deep Self, Divine Ego, E, Father in Heaven, Genuine Self, God Self, Great Self, Guardian Angel, Higher Genius, Higher Self, Highest Self, Holy Spirit, Immortal Spirit, Inner Radar, Inner Self, Inner-Self, Intensification of Consciousness, Intrinsic Consciousness, Kra, La, Monad, Monadic Consciousness, Monadic Intensification, Neshamah, Ohr, Original Face, Paramatman, Real Ego, Real Self, Sakshi Chaitanya, Saug, Self, Soul, Spirit, Super Ego, Supreme Self, The Four Unthinkables, The Knower, The Witness, Transcendental Self, True Self... further results
Related LP Terms
Spiritual Ego > Alignment, Bodily Ego, Differentiated Consciousness, Ego, First Birth, Flame of Monadic Self Awareness, God, God with a big "G", God with a little "g", Identity, Monad, Monadic Intensification, Physical Unit, Prism Metaphor, Resident Monadic Consciousness, The Sun
Non-LP Related Terms
Spiritual Ego > Integration, More-Than-Human
Propositions
The spiritual ego is eternal.
The spiritual ego is independent of, and simultaneously the source of, all physical existence.
The spiritual ego is pure light.
The spiritual ego is always and everywhere loving, compassionate, expansive, powerful, pristine, and pure.
Notes
The spiritual ego is an Intensification of Consciousness /Awareness within The Fabric to the point where Ego emerges.
The spiritual ego is like the driver of an autonomous vehicle. The driver of the vehicle allows the Artificial Intelligence (AI) to steer the vehicle, but the driver, the spiritual ego or highest self, can take control of the vehicle from the bodily ego at any time.
Spiritual Ego is Ego. Ego is I + Eye + Will
Spiritual Ego emerges within The Fabric of Consciousness as a consequence of the Intensification of Consciousness. It is important to note that intensification to the point of egoic awareness does not entail any separation from the Fabric of Consciousness. A Spiritual Ego remains fundamentally embedded within the Fabric of Consciousness.[2] Nevertheless, a practical separation from the Fabric of Consciousness is attained at the point of intensification when a "boundary" between the "I" and the rest of the fabric is instantiated. As long as the boundary is maintained, the intensification may be classed a spiritual ego. Without the boundary, ego merges into the Fabric of Consciousness and identity is lost.
These ideas are expressed by Swami Vivekananda: "When we speak of man as no other than that infinite being which is manifesting itself, we mean that only one very small part thereof is man; this body and this mind Downloaded from www.holybooks.com: https://www.holybooks.com/complete-works-of-swami-vivekananda/ which we see are only one part of the whole, only one spot of the infinite being. This whole universe is only one speck of the infinite being; and all our laws, our bondages, our joys and our sorrows, our happiness's and our expectations, are only within this small universe; all our progression and digression are within its small compass. " [3]
* Tressoldi and Woolacot conduct a study analyzing the first-person phenomenological accounts 40 scientist's Connection Experiences,[4] finding that the spiritual ego (what they call the True Self is an eternal and boundaryless entity characterized by expanded awareness, love, bliss, luminosity, and light, exactly like mystics have been saying for millennia.
Quotes
"I had begun to have what I called anxiety attacks--shots of driving energy that sometimes made it difficult to concentrate on daily tasks. I was consumed with a mixture of panic, fear, and anger. Yet at the same time I was aware of a gentle, deep connection with a new spirituality, an unfamiliar source inside me that was expansive, joyful, and peaceful."[5]
Shamans sense the structure of spiritual ego "The shaman’s idea of power is similar to our concept of energy, yet it includes more: energy as well as intelligence and self-confidence."[6]
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Footnotes
- ↑ 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 here
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- ↑ Vivekananda, Swami. “Karma Yoga.” Collected Works of Swami Vivekananda. Vol. 1. 9 vols. Advaita Ashrama, 2016. https://www.holybooks.com/wp-content/uploads/SWAMI-VIVEKANANDA-COMPLETE-WORKS-Vol-1.pdf
- ↑ Tressoldi, Patrizio, and Marjorie Woolacot. “Six Broad Categories, Each with Many Subtypes: Mystical Experiences; Spiritual Energy/Kundalini Awakenings; Psychic Episodes; Near-Death Experiences (NDE); Other Death- Related STEs; and Inspired Creativity and Genius.” Journal for the Study of Spirituality In Press (2023). https://mindrxiv.org/qvrj7
- ↑ Grof, Christina, and Stanislav Grof. The Stormy Search for the Self: A Guide to Personal Growth Through Transformational Crises. TarcherPerigee, 1992. p. 12.
- ↑ Harner, Michael. Cave and Cosmos: Shamanic Encounters with Another Reality. Berkeley, California: North Atlantic Books, 2013.
