PATHWAY TO JOY AND HEALING

I have had an opportunity to observe those with mental illness. What I have observed is that they have extremely over active egos.  This is particular true of those who exhibit paranoid symptoms.  These individuals perceive slights and project harm when it does not exist in reality.

What I believe is happening is that many mentally ill individuals have experienced real harm in their lives whether as children, abusive relationships, and other forms of trauma.  As a result, their egos had to go into overdrive to protect them from real harm.  However, after the real trauma is over, the ego continues to be hyper-vigilant, perceiving fear and harm in their current lives, when none exist.

The ego does not know how to shut itself off, sort of speak, that it continues to replay these fears from the past.  Every situation that reminds them of the past brings up the fears again.  Therefore, when we interact with them, we wonder why they are behaving so strangely, angrily, or erratically.  It also explains why truly mentally ill individuals don’t realize that something is wrong with their reactions and responses, since their egos will not surrender control to allow them to see this.

For mentally ill individuals, ego observing practice is even more important, since their egos are actively controlling every minute of their consciousness lives.  Please see the tab, “Ego Observing Practice” on my Blogsite for this practice.  I believe that ego observing practice maybe one way to cope with mental illness without using powerful medications and other aggressive treatments, since when the body adjusts to those medications, frequently they become ineffective.  May we all find healing within, Brooke (Copyrights  2013 Kundalini Spirit with All Rights Reserved.)