Where the Ego came from

In order to help those who have a limited frame of reference regarding this complex subject of Ego, a brief outline of the human condition in history will likely help. I will use findings from the brightest minds that I have read over many years and simplify their words. Obviously human history has been documented by times, events, persons and places but often lacks a simple explanation that average people (like me) can understand. It is important for people to have an opportunity to embrace the deeper meaning and significance of these facts. Even a small amount of understanding, can have dramatic effect on the human mind.

Material reductionism views history as merely a biological evolution with survival as a primary goal. This is a scientific view only and suggests that life rose spontaneously from some yet to be determined manner by a convergence of matter and energy. I used to think this also after years of study reading a dozen books on the topic.

The Newtonian view is based on the notion that intrinsic to evolution, there is a mysterious cause or intention to life and everything happened in a specific order by survival. Basically, the age old saying, “The strong survive”. This idea has never had any explanation as to how this “happening” occurred with nothing behind it; nothing in control, no architect, no purpose and no intention, just accident. Now enter another view, primarily based on religious doctrine known as Creation. This method of explaining our universe comforts many who choose to believe that the Bible (or Torah depending on what you were taught) is the highest truth known to man. For reasons I still do not understand, millions of people will hold the Bible as the ultimate truth without even so much as a few days research into who wrote it, when, and why? That said, I do not propose to argue whether the Bible has truths within its pages. I believe it does, I simply wish to expand the mind of people with “more data” of what we “do know” with relative certainty from ancient texts recovered and translated. I higher awareness is only accomplished by recontextualizing dogma. For me personally, I have studied many religions and from what I’ve learned so far and my ever-expanding belief in God, I believe that Evolution “is” Creation. They are the same. Everything that exists came from The Creator. The ability for species to evolve came from The Creator. The Bible was inspired by God, but it was written by men. I do not pretend to know what God thinks, nor do I believe that we humans can even comprehend the power of The Creator. Our species has shown that it takes many generations for us to even learn one simple truth like the color of a person’s skin doesn’t define them. We obviously still need to learn that Peace is better than War, and Love is better than Hate. The evolution of the human mind takes a lot of time.

Let us now explore an in-depth understanding of the evolution of life in the subtle but critical comprehension. It took me much time and many years of reading to expand my awareness, so I hope this helps you. The world of form is primarily devoid of power and is not capable of “cause”. It is a picture show, or a consequence or better said “a display” of the unseen domain or non-linear domain. Like the energy in a microwave that heats your food, you can’t see it, you don’t really know how it works, but it is there. Life “is” the unfolding universe combined with our thoughts, the choices we make which create events and interaction with others. The more people thinking, creating energy, actions, events and unfolding just continues to expand more events on top of events. All this comingled with the infinite power of God, is Life. So, consciousness is really us manifesting action through God’s laws. Everything we see in the world of form is the consequence of a progression from the invisible non-linear domain from which all things have come. In order to make this easier to understand, it is useful to be aware of Rupert Sheldrake’s science of morpho-genetic fields. These invisible organizing patters (M-Fields) act like energy templates and establish forms on various levels of life. These M-Fields are present within consciousness and have underlying thought patterns and images which has been termed as “formative causation” and has been proven in wide-scale experimentation. Seek out this information as it is available in many places. For now, just know that our world is ruled by unseen energies of enormous power. The more you understand about these energies and the more you work with it, the better your life will become.

This is analogous to thinking that puppets have the ability to interact with no stings when the puppets merely reflect the consciousness of the people controlling them. Life is not even in the same category of logic for humans to completely understand. Life has within it, its own intelligence, and a capacity to learn, assimilate and utilize information. In an upcoming chapter I talk about Bruce Lipton’s, Biology of Belief, which is an amazing journey inside the energy of our cells.

Life is of a domain altogether different from matter. KEY POINT: Non-life cannot create life! Matter is like a copper wire which has potential but is nothing without the current that flows through it and brings it to life. The many forms of Life showed us a progression over millions of years as a consequence of the consciousness of itself. This magical system is always UNFOLDING and has allowed for unpredictable transitions (free will) and chaotic energy within the infinite quantum potentiality. Literally free of constraints, those who understand this seem to move through life with ease and usually succeed at what they set out to do, for the universe is acting in “accord” with them. This non-linear source of creativity is unlimited within itself, but its expansion takes place with the limitations of existing conditions. I.E. we can’t ask a question until we know enough about the subject to ask. Life unfolds only when it is ready.

So truth is actuality. Non truth is false because it does not exist and therefore is never really recorded in the universal field of consciousness which records all things. Google the statement: Your body doesn’t lie and see what you find. There is a whole science of Kinesiology around this statement. So biological evolution is the result of the energy of pure consciousness to learn, modify, adapt and progress. One example of this fact is that fish learned how to produce electricity before civilized mankind. Immobile creatures became mobile. Sea creatures adapted to land and eventually the air. Primates appeared much later with an innate quality of intelligence. Like the animal forms that preceded it, primates were driven by animal instincts geared for survival. This was hard-wired for a long time and seems to remain in some today. The animal kingdom formed values such as grab, run, hide, guard, attack, defend, club, kill, intimidate, capture, enslave and control. Sad, how many of these traits are still visible in today’s world.

The primate had more sophisticated techniques like memory, cognition, awareness, group/pack formation as well as the formation of boundaries. The inner animal continued to growl and howl with rage and more conflict for territory, mates, and ultimately the ruling of domains. This animal brain was evolving but still maintained the rage, hate, seduction, and control that only complicated its existence. But still it flourished and so did the animal ego. Eventually over large spans of time, the primate’s brain was divided into sections enabling more complex reasoning such as friend/foe, edible/poisonous, pleasant/unpleasant. To the animal brain, all these distinctions were critical to its survival, but this polarity of opposites became deeply imprinted in its psyche. Neanderthal to Cromagnon or Adam and Eve, it's all the same. These powerful categorizations where then (like all things) imprinted in the M-fields of the universal consciousness and have become the basic karmic patterns of the human ego of today. When we use the term “animal instinct”, it is literally a truthful term and it is still hard wired in billions of people today. Prior to pride and vanity becoming prevalent in the human mind these other egotistical energies where the result of the alpha male and female qualities.

It is widely believed that the shear length of time that these animal instincts were used for survival ended up becoming human characteristics in more sophisticated societal structures. No one is at fault for the way they act. We are all hard wired, and it takes hard work to progress past old embedded conditions. These patterns became institutionalized first in tribes, then over time the cities, government, and judiciary systems. From a macro-perspective these characteristics also have been engrained in the nations, and territorial boundaries, including military and war strategies. We know the core of animal instinct is survival, but after much time, we eventually learned the capacity of self-observation. The “self” became the focus of attention and importance.

Once humans could actually conduct a “reflection” of themselves, they then became prideful and vain. The payoff from this vanity was the feeling of greater strength. The ego swells with pride and feels bigger and actually feeds on the prideful energy. The ego makes the individual feel bigger than it really is. We know that the ego did serve humans as a survival mechanism by the ability to intimidate other threatening species or enemies and to attract mates. Because the temporary effect of the ego is pleasure, ego expansion became the end in-and-of-itself. It could literally not get enough of itself. Think of this in today’s world. Look around and ask yourself, do you still see this in action? Are people doing anything they can to look good, with injections or expensive clothes? Do people spend more than is realistic to drive cool cars? Do people spend more than they can afford on large homes? It is all for a one thing, the Ego, and to look & feel appealing to others. The Ego seeks GAIN!

Only after much more time have we begun to reflect and think of others by being more selfless. The intellect greatly expanded human power because it allowed for complex symbols and abstract thoughts to be manipulated at a distance from those objects. Fast forward thousands of years, and eventually the emergence of books started the categories of vast amounts of data. Then data banks had power to store enormous bits of information and file them in categories making it easier to access and use. Modern man was born from the intellect with the ability to reason, anticipate and pose hypothetical inquiry that further expanded knowledge and answered difficult questions. As we progressed, we formulated other more maternal characteristics such as family affection and lovingness. The capacity for caring relationships emerged and with it came the valuation of others as love objects. This led to the formation of the family, the group, the tribe or settlement. It supported trade and barter.

Out of the maternal bond came companionship and long-term pairing in addition to the capacity of attachment. With that came the emotion of grief and mourning if a love object should pass away. These complex relationships now established the emotion of “us” and “them” which escalated the great culture ravages and wars of history. All these characteristics reached their fullest expression within the human Ego. Only very recently has romantic love become a value of importance. At first the male female relationship was one of lust and desire and possession. This led to craving and control. We still see this today in so many relationships. Among the monarchies marriages were planned for alliances, gain and power. It was common for Love to be found covertly in other places. Woman finally began to place requirements on male mating privileges and so learned to barter sex for love and permanence. Romantic love did not appear as a valued human capacity until a few centuries ago. So, we are still within its infancy. Love was just a passion and obsession until it became romanticized and to sacrifice for love became a noble ideal.

Woman shifted from a sex object and nanny to valued friend and partner and finally more recently valued for their intellect. This marked the daily life recognition of the human spirit that attracted and supported the quality of Love. Long-term relationships flourished and became more of the norm. Fidelity appeared as a virtue and also began to flourish. Prior to this, the men would go off to hunt, brawl, and the woman would remain at home with domestic duties. Men and woman spent very little time together. Men bonded with other men but used woman primarily for mating. That has all changed as our ego expands. And as change occurs it often swings too far. Is it fair for a woman to sue a man for sexual assault 25 years after the event occurred even if she didn’t report it 25 years ago? I’d say it depends on the event and what transpired. Trauma has a debilitating effect on the mind and is difficult to come to terms with without quality therapy.

Humans eventually began more search for meaning in life and so the educational systems where created. Besides the external world, man turned his curiosity inward and so began theories of human nature. Keep in mind the mechanisms of the ego where already firmly in place, so man’s perception of reality became dualistic. This dualistic view would not enable the mind to discern abstract from reality. Dualism is everywhere! I love chocolate, I hate Vanilla. You don’t have to hate Vanilla to love Chocolate. The road to error was open and inviting and the human mind had no way to tell fact from fiction. The mind then developed the ability for repression and denial as this was the easiest thing for it to do to protect itself. The ego did not want to be proven wrong or challenged. The ego also wants to achieve its goals even if they are not good for it. The mind began to project things onto the outside world rather than take responsibility for itself. This capacity turned out to be a fatal mechanism in that even when faced with dire results, the ego relentlessly pursued the same mistakes. Take the idea that one can “win” by repeatedly attacking its enemies is present in today’s world even as it was centuries ago. Mahatma Gandhi proved otherwise. These primitive behaviors of attacking other tribes are still present in today’s world and are visible in all news media headlines.

War is really a direct result of the power of the ego. Brutal force has always been used to express desire in the world. War was used to dominate the consciousness of the masses by fear and intimidation. Many governments have been crueler than all the criminals they attempt to control. Wars must constantly be fed energy like greed, gold, slavery, and manpower (Ancient Egypt) to keep going. The truth is, every person on the planet is a decedent of slavery in some form, Egypt used slaves to build the greatest empire ever known for thousands of years.

Eventually people resist and the negative force meets another force of human will and as a result throughout history, rulers and empires come and go. Even the greatest of them all, the Roman Empire eventually dissolved and fragmented from overexpansion. We see this happening now on Wall Street in America. Media is the prime culprit for the rapid rise and pending doom of Society. There is a non-stop onslaught of products and other foolish items that no one needs, that we are told we must have to be happy or comfortable. We spend money on things are totally meaningless on the grand scale of life.

Religious manipulation ensued as another form of control. Although much of the truth of Gods Divinity was present and available, man used his ego to alter the texts and enslave people by fear. Man used authority from the unseen and claimed power from the non-linear domain. For convenience to their control, only a few could translate and understand the vast array of documents. Priests collected composites of myths and legends and religious expositions from a variety of sources and declared them to be “truth” calling them “Holy Scriptures”. From these scriptures it was said all truth was present. The texts did provide a service as it touched on the origins of life which was something everyone wanted to know. Unfortunately, other lands had their own stories of supposed truth and so more wars ensued based on the differences.

Man has somehow determined that the second coming of the Lord, is when Jesus actually “physically” returns to the Earth. When you look at the original texts, this is not completely spelled out as such even taking translation of ancient Hebrew into account. In fact, the Gnostic Gospels suggest that the second coming could mean a time in the future when we evolve enough to have Love, Peace and Prosperity on the Earth because so many have found God and actually act with God in their heart. I do not believe there will be any fire and brimstone from God. It may come from human nuclear war, but not from God. God will never kill people just to teach them a lesson. All humans have the capacity to find God and be Godly in their nature. God does not need anger management counseling. God will not end the world, but the lack of belief in Him as the Creator just might.

Repeatedly the gullible prepare for the end times. Various religious sects become enamored of this apocalyptic legend which arises again and again, surfacing and capturing the imagination of the impressionable minds to sell books. The whole legend is based on man's collective guilt, fears, and spiritual ignorance, along with the hopeful pride of being among the "elected" and the specialness of being selected as one of the favored few. This again is all based on the human ego, force and fear. Truth is based on power and has no hold on people. Jesus or the Buddha never once attempted to claim a hold on people. People followed them because of their pure Energy of Power and Truth. People knew in their gut, Jesus was a Savior, and He was sent to teach us about salvation, to save us and to teach us to avoid negative energy. Not a difficult lesson, but still today so very rare to follow consistently.

Truth is beyond fear or attack because it simply is. The whole idea of God destroying the Earth is based on fear. This also answers why so many gospels and sacred texts were omitted from the Bible. We will never know for sure why these texts were hidden away or relegated to mystery schools for few to study. Perhaps man was just not ready to read it. Jesus said that the last and most difficult method of surrender was that of the ego, and that fear was the last and final negativity to surrender before one could ultimately know God. Only then could a human devote one’s life completely to God. Most people cannot even contemplate what I'm saying. Their attachment to specific beliefs will not let them. Life is not subject to cessation, only to change. The source and essence of Life "is" God. Science loves to point to the Big Bang, but I have never heard anyone ask what caused the Big Bang? It's our job while here on Earth to “learn” and relinquish our worldly attachments that get in the way of serving others. It is really that simple. Each person has an ability of their own. Find it, do no harm and help others find their ability. And so this then brings us to the primary goal to teach men how to live with rationality, purpose and self-esteem. I am hear to help if you are ready or in need of it.

Sincerely,

John Callahan

Founder of Mentor Reimagined