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The 6 Most Common Ego Traps on the Spiritual Path
The Healers Journal Posted by admin on February 19, 2013
HJ: The frequency with which the following ego manifestations are showing themselves nowadays is on the rise as humanity collectively begins to embrace its spiritual nature and more than ever individuals are waking up to higher levels of awareness. Before the spiritual seeker tames the ego, it will simply transform itself along with the focus of the conscious mind. It will shift shapes to embody a new set of ideals and outward expressions that mirror the seekers new spiritually oriented perception, however, the same core issues feeding its existence are still present. Furthermore, those on the spiritual path often are fooled or mislead into thinking they have transcended the ego or that the discovery of the spiritual path in itself means that they have conquered the ego. This is a trap or test, if you will, and is a lesson most of us must learn at some point.
Being aware of these common ego traps on the spiritual path helps us to loosen the grip they have on our lives. The first step is awareness. The second step is acceptance. This then naturally leads to transcendence…
- Truth
The Buddha Mask (And Other Spiritual Facades)
By Aalif | Superaalifragilistic
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As seekers, we may believe we have become aware now and dropped our false personas, but sometimes we have only traded it in for a new mask – a spiritual persona. In a hilarious group session a few months ago, my mentor GD helped us dissect and laugh at the masks we may wear as seekers, healers and therapists. Here’s my light-hearted summation of the key spiritual ‘displays’:
The Buddha Mask: You’ve seen the statue, now meet the person. Unaffected by others, far removed from worldly emotions, this mask says: You can’t touch me… I am beyond it all. Behind it hides sensitivity, fear and confusion. During my early Vipassana days, some people called me ‘aloof’ instead of ‘aalif’!
The Positivity Mask: Those who practice affirmations and positive thinking sometimes feel compelled to uphold an abnormally high frequency of ecstasy. Ask them how they are, and an automated voice reply comes: “AMAZING! Life is full of miracles!!” But when it is a mask, their eyes, their energy, and their aura tell a different story.
The ‘Superior-Seeker’ Mask: They enter a room, and the whole room suddenly feels unworthy. They carry a subtle air of superiority. They are on the high road to heaven and they smile beatifically upon all the creepy crawlies with an air of cultivated compassion. Proving superiority all the time is a dead giveaway for a sense of inferiority inside.
The Messiah Mask: They are out to change the world – one flailing, resisting human at a time. These are the givers of support and nurturance and advice… whether anyone asks for it or not! But give they must, because they need to avoid the confusion and emptiness within. A beautiful, socially approved mask and hence more difficult to let go of…
The Pundit Mask: References obscure texts and uses big Sanskrit words. Will disrupt a conversation to quote a 16th century Indian mystic or a little-known modern non-dual teacher. It’s a mask when they talk the talk, but don’t walk the walk.
The Lost-in-Space Mask: They find a way to bring Pleaedians, Archangels and Entities into every normal conversation. They would interrupt you to whisper conspiratorially that there’s a 6th dimensional entity behind you right now! They take name-dropping to a whole new dimension.
While the masks may be twisted and rigid, the people underneath these masks are not foolish or nasty. They are you and me, GD said, innocently trying to cover up a wound of not-being-enough by putting on a show. Masks are a way of saying ‘I am special’ but ironically, each mask ends up proving the opposite: each mask reveals a lack of self-love and self-acceptance-as-I-am.
All of us play a variety of roles in life. When we are conscious of the role playing, there is no problem. Masks are problematic because they are compulsive and unconscious, and the behavior comes from ego not insight.
And whenever the ego creates a mask, it has to suppress the opposite in oneself – a compulsive giver finds it hard to ask for help; the intellectual ceases to listen and ask questions; Buddha-face cannot show vulnerability or intimacy when needed.
When someone asked GD at the end of the workshop how she could prevent the mask from coming back on later, GD replied, “Make a joke of it, phone us all up and say: ‘Hey look, my mask is back!’ The moment you become aware, it loses its power. And once you make it a joke, it disappears.”
And in the absence of masks, he reminded us, we can become like the beautiful little children we all are inside – who can be all of the above when required – and their exact opposite when required – without holding onto any particular face.
2013-02-20 14:06:13
Source: http://soundofheart.org/galacticfreepress/content/6-most-common-ego-traps-spiritual-path
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Book you might be interested in reading Aalif | Superaalifragilistic: “Inside The New Age Nightmare” by Randall N. Baer.
Now if you’re looking to debate with Mr. Baer, that debate will have to wait until Judgement Day cause Mr. Baer had a fatal car “accident” a couple days before his book went to the publisher.
His case is still listed as open, under investigation and a possible homicide because, while his auto did strike a object, he was not thrown out of the car, his body was placed neatly in a dead man’s position with his briefcase next to him.
His wallet, credit cards, cash, ring, all were left untouched. His briefcase was what was picked and gone through.
As far as Christians trying to spread the word of Yeshua, many are beginning to realize that time is running out, like Dorothy in the witches tower, the sand timer is running out rather quickly and the flying monkeys are overhead.
When the main event happens, it’s going to happen so fast there will be no additional time to repent, say you are sorry, you believe please forgive me, etc…………..and on this game there will be no reset button.
Good luck, sounds like you are going to need that and some prayers.
i’m sorry but i just don’t agree with this mask business. i would never wear any type of masks. i am always me. no ego trips or confusion. i am always honest but know when it’s not appropriate to but in with my opinions that might be offensive to someone. sometimes it’s better to listen and learn. forget this mask business. be the best you can be. be truthful to yourself. love others even if you don’t agree with them. give your heart to your Creator and things become simple.