http://www.heartoftheinitiate.com/taxonomy/term/182/0 en http://www.heartoftheinitiate.com/library/articles/emanant-ego-collapse <p align="right"><a href="http://get.adobe.com/reader/" target="_blank"><img align="right" src="/images/pdficon_small.gif" alt="Download in PDF format"></a><a href="/articles/Emanant_Ego_Collapse.pdf"><em>Download<br /> in PDF format</em></a></p> <p><img src="/images/library/articles/headers/articles-emanant-ego-collapse.jpg" alt="Emanant Ego Collapse - illusion of ego, false self, David Bohm , ayahuasca" width="377px" height="52px"></p> <p><img src="/images/library/articles/emanant-ego-collapse.jpg" alt="Collapsing Ego" align="left"></p> <h4>Article by Ralph Miller</h4> <p>When we experience a big loss of control it makes us feel insecure and vulnerable. There is a letdown and perhaps we experience ourselves as being a little more genuinely human. Our collective ideas about ourselves form an assembly of self-importance or ego. This letdown is the collapse of those ideas. We are humbled. We become willing to learn in another way. We notice others who are also open and vulnerable, and we feel a camaraderie or empathy.</p> <p>Very traumatic experiences for individuals such as accidents or illnesses can deeply affect those lucky enough to survive. When we experience a trauma, we experience loss of control and our illusion of self importance falls. This collapse of ego becomes a gift that can wake us up. It can propel us from a continuum of ego delusion to profound new meaning in our life.</p> <p><a href="http://www.heartoftheinitiate.com/library/articles/emanant-ego-collapse">read more</a></p> ayahuasca david bohm false self illusion of ego Sat, 22 Sep 2007 10:50:17 -0500 Webmaster 447 at http://www.heartoftheinitiate.com