Ego, Pride, and the Reptilian Mind

Jan 2010

Anyone who wants to know the human psyche will learn next to nothing from experimental psychology.  He would be better advised to abandon exact science, put away his scholar's gown, bid farewell to his study, and wander with human heart throught the world. There in the horrors of prisons, lunatic asylums and hospitals, in drab suburban pubs, in brothels and gambling-hells, in the salons of the elegant, the Stock Exchanges, socialist meetings, churches, revivalist gatherings and ecstatic sects, through love and hate, through the experience of passion in every form in his own body, he would reap richer stores of knowledge than text-books a foot thick could give him, and he will know how to doctor the sick with a real knowledge of the human soul. -- Carl Jung

Ever wondered why thou cannot sit in concentration, and focus on the vibration of Naam ? Ever felt restless and out of harmony with the Source ? Lost that loving feeling ? There are a few detrimental, pertaining factors which lead to this phenomenon. The pertaining factors are the me, myself, and I. The dark aspect of ourselves. The aspects that are hidden under the velvety, enticing black veils of illusion, coated with sugar candy. Or, whatever is thy poison. They are the villains, EGO and PRIDE born forth from their master the reptilian brain. The villians will make their prescence felt with a bite out of thy cheek, and a gnawing pain in the pit of thy belly everytime they are made to feel threatened. Ego and Pride want supreme dominancy, and control over thy soul. Everytime, thou gives into them they will take ownership. They take an aspect of thy psyche. Until they render thee void of any pro - active participation in thy evolutionary equation. A part of the self thou has prostituted for tuppence, whimsically, nonchalantly. Unequivocally  damned, until piece by piece thou is sold off to thy Ego, Pride, Lust, Attachment, Anger.

But  wait,  there is hope for thee tender soul. Do not lament or weep, over thy misfortune in vain. There is light at the end of the tunnel. There is hope for thee yet. Thee shall seek solace, and sanctuary of the Enlightened, Embodiment of Truth, the victorious, glorious Hero, Baba Ji. Thy Sire, shall teach thee the ways of chivalry, combat, fortitude and compassion. The Sire shall prepare thee for thy biggest battle. Alas comrades,  thy Source Self shall see the manifestations of thy very own Ego and Pride in the shimmering blackness, and challenge them to death. Then victory shall prevail. Thy win will be gracious, the deed will be done. Thee shall reign supreme as the lowest of the low. Thy shall live amongst the disparities of the greater population. Thy, shall blossom forthwith as the lotus, and from the lotus springs forth the rose. Thy fragrance shall permeate thy surroundings, and the Universe. Thy shall purify thy abode, and thy surroundings steeped in  the stench of Maya. All will be intoxicated by the scent of thy anointed soul. Rise my brave Brethren and fair Maidens in valour and victory. For the time is nigh. Be off with thy head to thy Sire.

I am the I                             

I come forth from the void into light,

I am the breath that nurtures life,

I am that emptiness, that hollowness beyond all consciousness,

I am the I, the Id, the All.

I draw my bow of rainbows across the waters,

The continuum of minds and matters.

I am the incoming and outgoing of breath,

The invisible, untouchable breeze,

The undefinable atom of creation.

I am the I

- Ho'oponopono

To Thine own self be True. Know Thyself, Conquer Thyself.  I Am That, I Am. I  Am That, I Am Truth. I Am  Eternal, Truth.  Be still, and know that I Am That, I Am Satnam. I Am That, I Am Satnam.

Blissfull Blessings

In Gratitude

Simran