Do you know that inner voice that envies, compares, sabotages you,
generates fear, makes you want to run away...?
That's the voice of the negative Ego.
And the Ego is in constant development, receiving nourishment and influences from our interactions with the community (conscious and unconscious collective), with our family environment, work, relationships, and so on.
It is very possible that a person who in their childhood or adolescence was not so connected to certain voices of the Ego (comparison, envy, guilt, and the like) may become so, because of these constant exchanges with this mass of thoughts and behaviors that constantly feed the Ego negatively - by the way, the Ego can very well be nourished positively! And I have to remember that Ego is important for our earthly experience.
That's why I emphasize so much the importance of paying attention to what and whom we exchange with, including through social networks!
So that we become more and more aware of what enters our consciousness (the Ego is part of consciousness), and thus our Ego does not become so negative, focused on standards, collective limiting beliefs, but more conscious.
The Ego is different from the Self, which represents the entirety of who we are, where our wisdom lies. And this is not just spiritual talk, because we also see this in the studies of Analytical Psychology, by Carl Jung, when we study what forms the human psyche (I will talk more about him here at other times).
The wonderful news is that we can always be seeking and approaching the Self!
And, thus, starting to live more based on our "own ruler" (understanding our likes, dislikes, what makes us feel good, what doesn't, what others are conditioning me to be and do, what I am conditioning myself to be and do... and so on).
And this happens through self-development and self-healing.
Therapy helps, both conventional and holistic. And, mainly, the internal process of seeking oneself, self-awareness, guided by oneself (in the beginning, it is quite normal to need guidance from others, but without dependency!).
In the Ego is only the basics of us, not the whole, not the integrity. That's why understanding what it says is so valuable.
This voice is like a very rich portal for us to listen to what our individuality needs to evolve, integrate, understand.
The What of Spirituality
We all have two selves, the Real-Self and the Ego-Self. We will go into the detail of what are exactly these, but firstly remember that attention can be focused on either of them. Normally, in our regular experience of life, we only experience of focusing our attention on the Ego-Self. So, all our life we only experience the right part of the above picture, and there is…
I was called to pull four cards, not using any particular spread other than the energy of the week in development. This development of the week unfolded with these cards:
The Nine of Pentacles
This card is all about the celebration of skills, talents, and accomplishments. It is about prosperity and abundance in these areas.
