Chapter 1 Flashcards
Before a person can clear the inappropriate ego, they must know what the inappropriate ego is. Everyone has an ego and/or personality that the soul and spirit work through which is fine. The key idea though is that people want to ideally ___________ their ego and not have an ___________________.
spiritualize, inappropriate ego
What are the two ways of thinking in the world?
A Christ Mind vs. Inappropriate Ego Mind
“In the beginning, prior to creation and just after creation, there was no inappropriate ego mind.”
Who created the inappropriate ego mind?
Humanity did.
Why did humanity created the inappropriate ego?
It developed as a result of God’s children coming into matter and physical human bodies and “___________” with them.
In that moment when the children of God thought they were a ___________ rather than a ____________ just inhabiting and visiting a physical body is when inappropriate ego developed.
overidentifying; physical body, child of God
Stories like ______________ figurately showed how they were enveloped in the inappropriate ego (the forbidden fruit and the serpent or snake which was the symbol of the inappropriate ego mind and/or __________).
Adam and Eve; lower self
*If you listen to the lower self, you live a “____________________”. If you listen to the philosophy of the Higher Self, Holy Spirit, the soul, the monad, the I Am, or the Christ mind, you live a ___________________.
low life existence; high life existence.
To realize God you must ________ your attention from the lower-self interpretations and perceptions of life, and instead keep _________ and __________ life from the Higher Self.
remove; interpreting, perceiving
Since our thoughts __________________, which philosophy you choose will determine what you see. In truth, you don’t _______ with your eyes, you ________ with your mind. Your thoughts and your _________ create your feelings, emotions, behavior, and physical health. Psychological health is nothing more than maintaining a appropriate ___________ diet.
create our reality; see, see, mind; mental
As the Master Jesus said in A Course in Miracles, the key is to ____ any thought that is not of ____ to enter your mind. The key is to be vigilant for God and His Kingdom at all times and never to go on _____________.
deny, God; automatic pilot
Whenever a inappropriate ego thought tries to enter your mind just deny it entrance and push it out. Switch your mind like a channel changer to a __________ and/or more ______________ thought.
appropriate, spiritual
You can chant in your mind or out loud the following: God, God, God, Christ, Christ, Christ, Jesus Christ, Jesus Christ, Jesus Christ, Lord, Lord, Lord, Universe, Universe, Universe, Divine _________, Divine ____________, Divine _____________, Divine Father, Divine Father, Divine Father, Christ/Buddha/Melchidezek Consciousness (3x). “I allow my Higher Self and Oversoul to assist me on _________ out the inappropriate ego thoughts and emotions from my reality.
Mother, Mother, Mother; clearing
Who is the executive director of your personality?
You are. Only you.
What is it that God and the Ascended Masters will not do for you?
They will not clear your inappropriate ego for you, it’s your reponsiblity to clear the inappropriate ego out and to have the perservenace and persistence to be able to.
“Act and we’ll _______”.
follow
What’s everyone first purpose in life?
To clear the inappropriate ego and then to achieved self-actualization of God on a everyday/ every moment circumstance.
“We aren’t going to do it for you. You must want it clear your inappropriate ego like a fish that needs ________. You must want it first. Then as we see you’re making progress on your own, that’s when you can request ______________ when times get extremely rough (though having a vow and/or pact will be useful in casting away the inappropriate ego)”.
water; additional assistance
By __________ the inappropriate thoughts and keeping your mind steady in the __________ at all times, the inappropriate thoughts will ________ from lack energy and a new positive habit will be formed in your subconscious mind. Moreover, it will become easy to be “positive” (appropriate, coherent, perfect, and christed).
denying, Light, die
What is needed in the beginning when clearing the inappropriate ego?
vigilance and persistence regardless of your level of development.
What is the true essence of the inappropriate ego?
fear, separation, and self-centeredness.
What doesn’t really exist?
The inappropriate ego.
As Jesus said in A Course in Miracles “the ______ never really happened, we just think it _________”! In other words we have all always been one with God and have always been the Christ, or Children of God. However, if we _____ into inappropriate ego thinking in our own minds, we will live in that state of consciousness although, in truth, it is not _______.
fall, did; give, true
How to flow with the universe instead of fighting it, is the “______________”.
Blessing Method
Bless and give thanks for everything that happens in our lives. Kind of like the saying in the Bible, “Not my will but thine” and thank you for the __________.
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