Q.23

As I have explained in my last Letter [5] – EGO is the:

GUARDIAN of INDIVIDUALITY (L6)

If you did not have this inbuilt impulse to ‘cry’ for what you want to make you happy or reject what makes you sad, you would be in a limbo of nothingness. (L6)

If you did not run when faced with danger or did not call for help when in danger ⎯ you might die. (L6)

If you had not cried ⎯ ‘demanded’ food ⎯ when you were born, you might have starved. (L6)

If you had not welcomed mother’s milk and nuzzled her warmly, you might never have developed a close caring bond with her. (L6)

Without the EGO-DRIVE there would be no creation, no individuality, no fulfilment of need, no protection, no warmth of response and no human love. (L6)

Without the EGO-DRIVE there would be no self-defense, no self-protection, no survival. (L6)

You could call the Ego-Drive the Protector and Dictator of the living Universe. (L7)

This is Divinely ordained and not to be treated with contempt. The Ego constitutes an ‘all-important’ and very necessary nucleus of consciousness of creation, development and growth. (L7)

The Ego is the tool of Divine Creativity to produce individuality out of the UNITY OF ITS OWN BEINGNESS. (L7)

However, the EGO-DRIVE ⎯ primarily the ‘I’ of the individual, is imprinted only with the need for SELF-SATISFACTION and SURVIVAL. (L6)

In childhood, the ‘I’ of the ego is governed by likes and dislikes, wants and rejection of what is not wanted and by habits formed by a constant repetition of feelings. Bad habits in the form of unacceptable ego responses to personal experiences and the environment are formed and these are, in turn, imprinted in the unconscious ⎯ or subconscious mind ⎯ and remain hidden. However, they erupt into repeated behaviour patterns when the ‘memory’ of previous circumstances and modes of behaviour unconsciously bring them to mind. (L6)

Now, the subconscious mind and the conscious mind begin to work together to develop the personality. (L6)

Much of the behaviour becomes ‘conditioned behaviour’ and very difficult to break. When the person is unconsciously programmed with strong self-centred ego habits of thought and behaviour ⎯ and finds it difficult to live with others in harmony ⎯ that person then goes to a psychologist for help in unravelling the complexities of the mental/emotional problems. (L6)

Until my Truth of Existence is fully understood and the life-giving principles become the consistent guidelines of habits of thought and responses to life’s experiences, the pain and suffering arising from the ignorant indulgence of the ego-drives will persist. (L6)