Terra Christa by Ken Carey

Author:Ken Carey [Carey, Ken]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

AN EXERCISE

There comes a time in each healing process when one begins to recognize the presence of two distinct modes of consciousness. Each of these perceives and interprets experience differently. Each has its own way of operating and its own way of approaching decision-making. Each is based in a sense of self. One sense of self is spiritual and is designed to be primary, the other is associated with the individual body and is designed to be secondary. The body consciousness, or ego, is based on the tangible, the immediate and the sensory; the spirit consciousness is based on purpose, intention and vision. The ego is designed to play a supportive role to the spirit.

The healing process sorts out the intermingling of these two selves and places spirit clearly in charge. It helps individuals learn of the two natures within them and the right use of each.

The ego has a set of values that are designed to care for the physical body and protect it from harm. When it is allowed to control decision-making, the ego is overcautious in the extreme; dangers and possible threats become exaggerated; and the individual often finds him or herself functioning out of fear.

Yet the ego does not have to die as some believe; it has only to become transformed from a dictator into a servant, from the absolute monarch of consciousness into a friend and helper. In a healthy state, its perspectives remain to modify behavior, but behavior is initiated by spirit.

A simple exercise which helps to distinguish more clearly between spirit and ego is to outline one's long-term, lifetime priorities. Most people are vaguely aware of these. It is often not until they outline them on paper that these priorities come fully to awareness. Once one has defined one's life purposes, it becomes easier to see which decisions lead to action that supports these purposes and which decisions lead to action that hinders these purposes.

The exercise of writing out a list of soul purposes can be expanded to include a list of all your activities. Next to each of these activities, write what you honestly recognize as your root motivation. You will discover which of your habitual activities are motivated by love (springing from spirit) and which are motivated by fear (springing from ego) . When you find some habitual activity springing from a fear of some sort, you will want to examine into it.

More than any other single factor, fear keeps people locked in unsatisfying behavior. The stress that results from this lies at the root of disease. If we are interested in addressing the root causes of disease and returning to spirit-motivated behavior, we need to look boldly at our fears.

The ego will often present fear in a guise of responsible concern, making it appear logical and reasonable. But fear is fear; the body always knows the difference. No matter how convincingly the ego may justify fear, the body that has to live with it will not be healthy. Fear is designed to play only a minuscule role in a healthy life.

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