In 1891, Rudolf Steiner earned a doctorate in philosophy from the University of Rostock with a dissertation on Fichte’s concept of the ego.
Outside the Atlantis story, Cayce uses “sons and daughters of men” more generally to mean human beings living in the material, physical world — incarnated souls dealing with karma, doubts, fears, ego, and earthly limitations.
There was no ego involved in this for no one was considered better than another.
Hubris, at its core, is the negative ego, arrogance, the idea of being above and in control with the physical mind instead of the partnership between the physical and higher mind — the abandonment of connection to the higher mind.
Emirate: Does taking one to the heart take them out of ego?
But to understand that you have to understand what the ego is.
Please, the ego is the false self that was very necessary in order for us to be here.
We needed to have an ego because we were coming into a false matrix.
That's the ego.
And whilst the ego was necessary for us to be inside of this realm of illusion, where we are right now is at the end of that era.
So the ego in other words is no longer required for the first time.
The ego is no longer necessary.
The point, however, is that the ego cannot cross the bridge.
And right now, we're being called to access the part of us that exists beyond the ego.
We're talking about the ego and the soul, the illusion and truth.
The ego is anchored into the brain.
Think of it as the brain being the driver's seat of the ego.
And we're pushing through with the ego, right?
Emirate: Sounds like one really big collective ego death.
When an individual goes through an ego death, they generally wake up to other parts of themselves or they become privy at least to other parts of themselves.
As the ego structure dies, turn it as the collective goes through what feels like a collective big ego death.
And this is the grand irony of the whole thing because it sounds beautiful to say, "Hey, you're going to have this ego death and guess what's going to happen?
I mean, you make it sound like it's nonsensical that the ego is afraid of annihilation, though.
The ego is afraid of us.
The ego was the essential component that allowed us to navigate inside that realm of illusion.
And we get to transcend our ego.
This is your last chance.” When we are sick or in pain we become so self-centered — so identified with the ego — that we don’t see or hear the help that is always around us.
Interviewer: Jesus went into the desert for forty days and confronted his ego.
I found it fascinating that in Aramaic the word “Satan” means ego.
Satan is the ego, the small self.
Jesus had to meet his own ego as part of his training.
There's a lot I don't think necessarily is true, but that's just my own ego getting in the way.
But Jesus does not have such an ego to require that he be the only one.Yes.
The keyword we arrived at together:“I Am God.”Not as ego, but as the recognition that only God exists, and you are one of Its expressions in human form.
A false, pretentious self; what you call a persona – an ego, forms out of this core grief and terror.
Ego conditioning, fear, and programming create separation, leading to conflict and forgetfulness of one's divine origin.
To express the divine, individuals must clear ego blocks and become superconductive vessels for this universal consciousness.
The “swallowing” is the symbolic death/immersion into darkness, where the prophet undergoes a profound shamanic journey of apparent death, ego dissolution, and rebirth.The three days and nights are no longer survival time; they are the exact duration of a structured initiation rite (matching Jesus/Yeshua’s 72 hours in the sarcophagus).
The prayer inside the fish becomes the central initiatory act — a visionary communion with the Divine during the “second death” or ego dissolution phase.The repentance is still there, but now it’s part of the alchemical process of aligning with divine will through direct experiential gnosis, not just intellectual submission.
Most of the time, the ego can’t see the big picture, anyway, so it is best to just let go and follow the built-in mechanism that always steers you in the right direction.
This is another reason why it is important that the ego not take over the responsibility of fulfilling the life purpose. The ego never sees the bigger picture.
The ego sometimes asks this question when it really wants to ask, “How can I only be in the place I always want to be?” There is a misunderstanding that when something good happens, you are in the right place, and when something bad happens, you are in the wrong place.
That is only ego perception.
The ego cannot ever control things.
The ego has a tendency to claim it as its own, saying, “I was Cleopatra.” But, truly, there is no “I” in the Lake.
The I is an illusion used by the ego to make sense of a separated reality.
It does not come from the linear continuation of Thomas’s other lives, because the ego isn’t continuous in that way.
But no ego owns its pain.
A false, pretentious self; what you call a persona – an ego, forms out of this core grief and terror.
These experiences caused ego death-like encounters, prompting introspection: "Who is dying?
Core Toltec principles: energy is consciousness; cultivate and conserve energy by transcending ego through silent wisdom and quiet mind.
Love as gateway to eternity; awaken to counter ego struggles.
Corruption from ego across systems; need balance amid extremes.
Duality disconnects us; ego blocks divine expression.
Tricky—mind/ego blocks by predicting/walling target.
Emotional practice helps: Raises consciousness, reclaims energy from ego/projections.
Shall I forget all creatures else, and lose my life in this fair maiden, though she is the highest type of beauty, purity and love?21. Into its very depths his soul was stirred, and long he wrestled with this angel-idol of his heart.22. But when the day was almost lost, his higher ego rose in might; he found himself again, and then he said,23. Although my heart shall break I will not fail in this my hardest task; I will be victor over carnal love.24. And when again the maiden came, and offered him her hand and heart, he said,25. Fair one, your very presence thrills me with delight; your voice is benediction to my soul; my human self would fly with you, and be contented in your love;26. But all the world is craving for a love that I have come to manifest.27. I must, then, bid you go; but we will meet again; our ways on earth will not be cast apart.28. I see you in the hurrying throngs of earth as minister of love; I hear your voice in song, that wins the hearts of men to better things.29. And then in sorrow and in tears the maiden went away, and Jesus was again alone.30. And instantly the great bells of the temple rang; the singers sung a new, new song; the grotto blazed with light.31. The hierophant himself appeared, and said, All hail!
As you clear yourself of the ego baggage and addictive thought patterns that have perpetuated separation, you will start to feel the presence of the Golden Lake more strongly.
The process of awakening is the journey back from illusion — back to the essential neutral job of the ego in a physical body.
The awakening process happens paradoxically when your ego gives up trying to control the awakening process.
The ego fears the state of not-doing because it sees its function coming to a close.
Speaker: "When we examine our nature and apply that upward, what we are doing is understanding how the duality, survivalism, and hierarchy within the ego holds the closest reflection in the characteristics of the fourth-dimensional realities."
Your ego, your sense of self, whatever, is set aside, and you just want to do what you're supposed to do.
Rabolú also discusses advanced civilizations on Venus and Mars, accessible via astral travel, and recommends eliminating psychological defects (ego death) and practicing conscious astral projection as means to survive spiritually.
The Sons of Belial: A materialistic, ego-driven faction focused on self-aggrandization, power, pleasure, and exploitation.
Egos from Moon Chain incarnated, including orange group refusing bodies, leading to "sin of the mindless" (intermingling with animals, creating anthropoids).
A cosmic intervention introduced the Kundabuffer organ, stabilizing the planet but also generating temptation and ego.
Full quote: "The Barhishads and the Manu of the Third Race had done all that was possible to bring entities up to the point at which the germ of mind could be quickened, and the descent of the ego could be made.
They provided a magnetic stimulus to individualize egos without normal incarnation.
It should also be clear, never a Guide Master of the alien or GHB speak in first person and less encouraging the ego of the antenna.
Aaron: I can't be inspired by a person I can't relate to in any way—a person who never has a sexual experience or temptation, transcends all the ego's blind spots, and ascends to heaven.
You recently wrote a book called The Three Beliefs of Ego, and there are some interesting archetypes in there.
It revolves around this understanding called the three beliefs of ego.
These are the three turning points around which the ego revolves—the only three real functions the ego has, and the only three ways we create separation from God in our mind and awareness.
When I come into a body and undergo the veil of forgetting, with no memory of my soul, past lives, or the universe, the ego is born out of that ignorance.
The ego believes it has that and acts as if true, when it's clearly not.
The person, the ego, is not in control of life—the person is a product of life.
With the work you're doing—The Jesus Way, The Three Beliefs of Ego, championing this—you've come up against theologians quite a bit.
There's something important—not to let it go to your ego, but to see the gifts and expression people love.
If people knew how they live normally—not scandalous, but how their ego gets triggered at little stuff—it's not advanced.
Stop feeding ego in selfish patterns.
Not always, but spiritual egos like to sell the sexy thing, promise salvation.
They control people under ego consciousness: war, tribalism, separation, judging, hating, sick, diseased.
If can't, want another lifetime—soul part of God can't satisfy with judgment, selfishness, ego.
Thus, when Esther has no need to be Esther anymore, the ego anchor dissolves.
In the old understanding, continuity is based on a kind of spiritual ego that says, “I was ‘this’ person, then ‘that’ person, then ‘that’ person, and so on.” This kind of linear expression is not how things work in the Lake.
The ego has a tendency to claim it as its own, saying, “I was Cleopatra.” But, truly, there is no “I” in the Lake.
The I is an illusion used by the ego to make sense of a separated reality.
This shift was accompanied by the development of self-consciousness and ego awareness.
In earlier epochs, initiation required external intervention and suppression of ego-consciousness.
The Christ impulse made it possible for individuals to ascend spiritually without surrendering their ego.
Ego Development: Enabled through Christ without sacrificing self-awareness
The Christ impulse marks a turning point, enabling the regeneration of spiritual vision within the framework of ego-awareness.