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Our individual and Collective Ego has conveniently been the BLACK SHEEP throughout the ages…
given all kinds of unpleasant labels by various people within this world…
and blamed for all that humanity does wrong, bad, and fearful.
Whether it’s religious folks blaming the devil, folks within communities of Spirituality blaming the ego (and/or pretending not to have one), and other groups of society pointing fingers at whatever…
it all FEELS so OLD 🍂 and OUTDATED 🦖—similar to YET ANOTHER uncreative movie about evil aliens (though there exists deeply loving ones too), movies of the same old battle scenes, Friday the 13th Part 42, ETC.
So perhaps this ARCHAIC SEPARATION GAME hasn’t been working out well for ALL of Life;
otherwise, we’d be existing within a much better world that’s mostly loving, kind, honest, peaceful, free, wise, grateful, abundant, prosperous, generous, joyful, etc…
[while also allowing DIVERSITY within UNITY…
which includes “negative” aspects that don’t dominate the whole ship, because they’re not suppressed]
Perhaps it’s time for ALL of us to take FULL RESPONSIBILITY for whatever energies we’ve been radiating out throughout lifetimes…
and embrace whatever shows up in our realities, as our greatest versions of ourselves (Powerful Creators).
I shared the following message for the post, “Spirit vs. Ego” by Mary Allen:
Mary, thank you for sharing this post that helped expand my consciousness.
After reading and pondering your overall message, I did receive an insight that “Spirit vs. Ego” is also part of separation consciousness.
Only wanting to be positive, righteous, good, light and love, is actually a characteristic of our individual and Collective Ego…
that’s been deeply ingrained by this world’s patriarchal religions to be these “acceptable” ways, in order for humanity to survive within societies.
That’s why there’s been the wearing of a lot of masks, to only show to outer world what’s considered likable and lovable.
But this is only half the Cosmic Coin.
In order to UNconditionally Love our Full-Potential, Multidimensional, WHOLE Self/self…
we must RE-MEMBER to embrace and integrate ALL (ultimately NEUTRAL) aspects and extensions of THE ONE (within and without).
Ultimately—like Spiritual World and physical world—Spirit & ego are 2 sides of the same Cosmic coin (“As Above, So Below”).
Small children are known to be in alignment with Spirit because they are AUTHENTIC, TRANSPARENTLY HONEST, WHOLE/PURE, and the entire rainbow spectrum.
So when they’re sad (a fear-based emotion), they naturally and unapologetically cry without judging their emotions (until they’re taught to be ashamed of them);
but when they’re happy, they fully express their joy.
Plus, when they’re mad at someone, they often won’t hide their true feelings; but on the same note, they’re often very quick to forgive as well (unlike many adults).
So I’m reminded that whenever we forget, we can reconnect with our Inner Child, who simply FLOWS with the Cosmic River of Life.
Granted, it’s also about deeply healing the wounded parts of our Inner Child—and re-parenting as Divine Feminine & Divine Masculine parents within—so that the fearful version of Inner Child can release false beliefs, and Be Free; but it’s also about allowing the FULLNESS of Life.
Because throughout ANYONE’S life, there will exist the natural ebbs and flows, and NOT just the positive stuff of Life.
This includes deaths of loved ones, and other circumstances that can cause us to tune into fear energies.
And as long as we don’t remain stuck in fear, it’s completely okay to fluctuate at times, part of being human.
From personal experiences—especially within the very broad communities of Spirituality—I have noticed a very helpful PATTERN show up.
For several spiritual teachers, healers, gurus, etc., the ones who seemed super positive all the time—especially via social media videos, blog posts, articles, etc.—were the opposite in person to varying degrees (for a session, event, retreat, etc.), which was interesting.
I later wondered if this was due to the unconscious suppression of “negative” aspects to the public…
which then seeps out as [“negative”] non-verbal cues, in passive-aggressive ways, and/or even EXPLOSIVE, aggressive ways.
So I fully trust the importance of doing our best to habitually Be WHOLE, rather than only “positive,” what Carl Jung has taught as well.
[Forgot to add: and this includes expressing our negative thoughts and emotions in healthy ways, rather than pushing them down]
Example: A well-meaning elderly man in Sedona would stop hikers so that he could preach to them why the mind is evil and it’s only about the Heart.
After 30 minutes or so of actively listening to him anxiously try and convince us of his one-sided beliefs, I asked him a few questions:
1) Is he able to get rid of his mind?
2) Doesn’t he use his mind often, to include communicating at the time?
3) Doesn’t the Heart & Mind work best as a MERGED team of ONE, rather than continuing to be involved in ongoing, inner CONFLICTS, BATTLES, AND WARS?
He was speechless, because he more than likely FELT the truth within him;
and he then carried on his journey after giving us heart-shaped, red rocks.
So you see, even the MIND VS HEART example you gave can lead to further SEPARATION, rather than UNITY, if not learned with discernment.
I trust that ANCIENT SPIRIT—Divine Feminine Mother Goddess Essence—can help our younger, immature, male energy dominant, “sleeping” (“separated” from its Source) individual and Collective Egos…
to transform into its healthy version of Individualized (but no longer separate)/Ego…
its mature EXALTED state, which is the Divine Masculine God Essence.
🖤🤍❤️🧡💛💚🩵💙💜🩶💖❤️🔥
Here’s another consciousness expanding reading, “The Spirit and the Ego: A Brief Cognitive Model for Thinking about Spirituality” by Ruchard Oxenberg (click title to open pdf link in another window)…
especially the following, non-consecutive, profound quotes:
“The ego is not the Spirit’s enemy, but its child.
The ego is a formation of the Spirit, necessary to individualized existence.
We might think of the Spirit as a bridge, from divine Unity at one end to individualized existence (ego) at the other.
The aim of spiritual life is not the eradication of the ego, but its sanctification. The ego is sanctified as it is brought into harmony with the Spirit.”
🖤🤍❤️🧡💛💚🩵💙💜🩶💖❤️🔥
Update (added later today)
The following is a message I shared for video, “5 Things You Should Know About The NEW Moon (Sept 2nd, 2024)“:
Thank you Vic for sharing a Soul-igniting and heartfelt ❤️🔥 message, especially the trumpet 🎺 analogy (after I typed the word, the emoji showed up, so now you remember what it looks like 😄).
And it’s true, I have no doubt that I’ve experienced more than enough, EFFECTIVE CONTRASTS of what all I don’t prefer in Life, to Be more CLEAR 👁️👀 of what all I DO PREFER in my new life.
And these “negative” CONTRASTS include the extra challenges/problems/issues/blessings in disguise this year…
like a harmonious divorce, preparing for new life on own, releasing certain friends that felt habitually heavy, having financially invested in what no longer resonates (later realized NOT a mistake), family dis-eases and deaths, another INTENSE “nightmare” of shamanic dismemberment 🐦🔥, mother hospitalized again recently and apparently dying soon, sister-like cousin sharing traumatic incident recently, etc. 😳😮💨
Despite what seems like a lot of chaos within temporary, outer circumstances, I’ve been having an overall gut feeling that ALL IS WELL 🕊️🦌(since ORDER naturally follows CHAOS)…
though at times, I tune 🎛️ into fear-based energies as well.
However, I’ve been doing my best to Be Gentle with myself—since it’s completely natural to fluctuate 🌈 our vibrational frequency as human beings 🔲—because I fully TRUST this is part of Unconditionally Loving 💗💓💕⚫️🫂🔲 our Full-Potential 🌱🌿🌲🌳🪷, Multidimensional 🐲🐦🔥🦄, WHOLE ☯️✡️🕉️⛎🌓 Self 🌚🌝/self 🌞.
Also, regarding Mercury Retrograde, ever since I chose to release old, outdated, fear-based Collective beliefs about this timeframe being mostly negative…
I feel that I’ve been developing a NEW 🐣, EMPOWERING belief that this period—as well as the moon phases and solar flares and storms—actually supports my journey 👣🏞️🛤️🛣️ in HIGHLY BENEFICIAL WAYS (rather than negatively affect me).
I once shared this with a co-owner of the Sedona galleries I worked at—who was worried about solar flares and storms, which is completely understandable.
However, just as I used to be afraid of thunderstorms ⛈️⚡️ long ago—but then transformed 🐍🪲🐛🦋 into getting EXCITED 🐸😃🤩🥰🤗 about them (a GAME CHANGING SHIFT IN PERSPECTIVE 👁️👀)…
I also looked forward to New Moons 🌚, Full Moons 🌝, Eclipses, Solar Flares, Solar Storms, etc.
Wishing 🌌🌠 you and your loved ones many Fully Present 💖👁️👀, inner peace 🕊️🦌🫠, and happy moments of now 🌅🏞️🌄🌳🌼.