Class 4: The Ego and the Authentic Self

During our dialogue during this weeks class i felt the authentic self arising in me again and again when i felt so inspired and connected to the things people were saying and the people themselves.  I also felt the ego again and again stoping me from taking the risk of jumping in to the group.  Its completely irrational!  The great thing i learnt in the class this week was that we have the power of choice over these two opposite forces within ourselves.  We can go in to the ground of being and emerge into the most authentic, life embracing part of ourselves.  We can objectify the ego and see its fear as needless and irrational and put our attention on to the other bit.

By the end of the class i felt as if i broke out of the ego and was able to contribute to the group my experience.  This felt like evolution in real time, i identified the two oposite forces within myself, i then discovered the power of choice between the two and was able by the end to choose.