As protector and ruler of waking reality, what ego wants, ego usually gets. But what does ego really want? Is it only immediate gratification that will suffice or does ego understand the long-term benefits of investing in “causes” beyond itself? The forthright nature of ego-centered consciousness can blindside it to its own alternative mind processes and counterparts. Feelings of isolation can then generate an unreasonable restlessness: an inability to fully be in ones “moment-to-moment” consciousness. Driven by an ever widening internal void originating from a need for self-compassion, ones overwhelming “filter of fear,” as Kuan Yin calls it, has the power to ultimately magnetize an individual into myriad unfortunate and “entrapping” lifetimes.
Attempting to stave off the pain, one might choose to turn to inner-contemplation. If one were to discover through contemplation that one believes that life is a peaceful river bringing all that is required for joy and peace of mind, all mind bandwidths will (through their many unique behaviors) set to work to fulfill such a belief. Conversely, if one discovers they hold a belief that life is a torrent of pain, the mind bandwidths will, in total servitude to ego, work to fulfill that same limiting belief. In known and unknown ways, therefore, projections by the ego will be replicated in all five-mind bandwidths.
The Game of Mysterious Consequences
In a dream, I discovered myself at a party overflowing with people readying themselves for some kind of game. Sensing the excitement, I knew that most of the partiers were anxious to begin. My curiosity piqued, I found myself mimicking what others around me were doing. Facing the wall and covering my head with my forearm, I waited for something to happen. Suddenly, someone threw a hardball up in the air. Landing elsewhere in the room, it fortunately had not hit anyone. Another hardball then hurled, not totally unexpectedly, through the air. Now, I was becoming quite wary. Was this really a game I wanted to pursue: taking the monumental risk that I or anyone could be injured by a hardball? Not enthralled by the prospects of such risky behavior, I hastily exited the room.
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