In this podcast, you’ll discover:
Why being right isn’t enough - How the ego can infiltrate even our most justified, rational thoughts and corrupt them through forceful energy and prideful delivery
The three perspectives filtering reality - Understanding how our psyche flashes between the lens of spirit, soul, and ego as we navigate life’s moments
The paradox of spiritual blindness - Why possessing spiritual knowledge and depth means nothing when pride allows lower consciousness to reign supreme
How logic becomes inverted - The phenomenon where reason and data remain intact, but the intention and utilization of that logic becomes impaired—and what the story of Atlantis teaches us about this danger
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One of the themes I’ve recently realized is this idea of the ego in our thoughts. In a recent exploration of the spirit, the soul, and the ego, I examined how the ego is a part of our psyche that we develop as we humans partake of this journey on Earth.
Society tells us what to do, and these socially accepted norms—artificial as they are—become part of our reasoning process, shaping how we view the world. That is what we can call our ego. With that being said, this often differs greatly from who we really are, which is known as our soul—a unit of either the self or the overarching spirit, the divine.
Three Perspectives, One Psyche
As we walk through life, our psyche flashes through these three different perspectives, almost like looking through different vision holes where we can see events from varying vantage points. This vision or perspective of events filters through both the lens of the soul and the lens of the ego.
When you take a step back, it sounds obvious. But when you really catch it in play, it’s a different experience altogether.
When Ego Infiltrates Right Reasoning
Consider this example: I was having a conversation with my wife, rationalizing what needed to happen. The logic was sound—this was the process we needed to examine. But the energy behind that rationalization felt forceful, egotistical. It just wasn’t the right energy to carry those specific words, even though they were based on reason and rationale.
Here’s the crucial insight: the ego can still dive into your psyche and your perception of whatever it is that you’re receiving. It takes awareness to guard against that and to catch it, because yes, I am right and I am justified—but as we all know, maybe my delivery wasn’t the best. Maybe I should have changed my tone.
When time is provided to us and we have the opportunity to take our time, we do that. But the ego always seems to want to rush and push and force things, which is different than the soul, which relies on power and the right timing. Of course, all this is easier said than done.
The Paradox of Justified Pride
Here’s the paradox: as justified as we may be in something, with all the data to support it, our ego can still enter our thoughts. It can still sow seeds of distortion, even though we’re looking at the right data. This is where, at times, we may become too flamboyant, too prideful in our awareness.
This is where—yes, you are right—but this is also where the concept of pride can come in. That pride can then lead to blindness, to spiritual blindness. You may have spiritual knowledge and spiritual depth, but when you are blind because you are letting the intention of a lower consciousness reign, when the ego reigns supreme, you’re no better off even with all the information that is possessed.
The Inversion of Logic
It’s an interesting phenomenon: this is how the arts of logic can almost become inverted. The logic is still there, but the intention and the utilization of that logic becomes impaired. The story of Atlantis comes to mind—where you have this knowledge, but there’s a shift in how this knowledge is used, which ultimately leads to the demise.
The ego in our thoughts—an interesting concept worth reflecting on. Perhaps it resonates with you as well.
As always, thanks for the time and attention. Have a great and wonderful day.
—Ashe
Franklin O’Kanu
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