Karma & the Ego's Masks

Spirituality
#1

This goes for people who’ve had a tough path. Those born in the upper echelon of society and grew up with an adequate amount of LOVE in their life don’t have to be concerned with this. But for the rest of us…

One wonderful young lady asked me ?why is my karma not so good?? The basic answer is- karma is not bad or good, it?s just a response.

But it seems like, if there’s bad unconscious memories you’re not at peace with, your subconscious will recreate the same type of life scenario again and again so that you can learn a valuable lesson. A lesson that will tune you to the love, power, and intelligence of this universe.

During key points in our development we may experience trauma that alters the course of our lives. We hide this pain and we create a false self called a character structure. This character structure is a mask we have to dissolve. We keep attracting circumstances in our daily life to reinforce this mask. Then comes a breaking point and you realize you have to let go of it or else you?ll keep being miserable.

There are five common mask people wear. The first possibility is the schizoid. While in the womb, schizoids have terror about incarnating and facing life. While mom was pregnant, she probably experienced some type of trauma and it awakened past life memories of torture and persecution for the baby. The child must learn to conquer his fear and see that this world is safe. A lot these personality types aren’t very grounded on earth and pursue airy fairy hobbies so they don’t face reality. They will continually manifest their fear until they conquer it.

The second is the oral character structure. These people experienced abandonment by their mother during the infant stage. It could be their mother died, or didn?t get breast fed enough so they felt abandoned, or their parents just handed them to someone else. So the baby feels abandoned, lonely, rejected, feels his/her world has been destroyed. Since they lack emotional nurturance, they will go through life feeling that the world can?t give them what they want and need. They?ll be rejected in relationships and experience disappointments in careers and personal goals. But they must break the illusion that this earth is un-nurturing. They must realize there is enough, they ARE enough, and they must learn to give because this universe is abundant.

Next is the psychopath. Sometime during childhood, he experienced betrayal by one of his parents so he grows up thinking (unconsciously) that people in this world are harmful and will betray him eventually. He wants to control and dominate people, and prove he is right all the time. The psychopath must learn to trust and see that this world is a place to commune with others or else he will inevitably experience betrayal over and over again.

Next is the masochist who is almost the opposite of the psychopath. These people have been dominated over and over again. They were probably slaves in a former life. In their childhood development, their parents controlled their diet, how much they ate, and when they could go to the bathroom. These personalities fear they will be dominated, and experience their autonomy being taken away from them. They will fear letting their creativity loose because unconsciously they think someone will take it away from them. These people must learn to take back their power. They must learn to make their own decisions.

The last type is the rigid structure. When you try to communicate with these people, it?s like trying to talk to a brick wall! I swear. They grew up in a household that was filled with unhappiness and abuse yet their mom told them everything was alright. They grow up with a false smile on their face and they apparently have a perfect life from the outside. Yet if they were ever honest with their feelings they would cry and scream and fight. These people must learn to be authentic.

Anyone who has these structures is a brave soul in my book. It can take many years to dissolve a false self. But when it does, life is glorious. Check out Barbara Brennan?s work on this subject matter.

Like Pinocchio, we must let go of the puppet strings, let go of the things that create a false self so we can create an authentic life- a life we’ve always wanted. We all want to be REAL.

#2

Nice presentation. Which of these scenarios fit you, for exemple ?

I find myself touched by number 1 and 2 respectively. My father, God bless him, is more characterized by number 3. I met number 5 a a few times on this forums.

On the other hand, while such classifications might be useful, I think everyone deserves the benefit of uniqueness. Why ? Let’s think about it: systems, classifictions work for those who apply them. But in reality, two schizoids might have absolutley different karmas, and totally different karmic solutions. So, while we use classifications, and mental constructs, we must care for the individual, unless we become number fives.

Structured thinking is great, but the complexity, diversity and abundance of this universe, as you call it, also requires openness of mind, to the level where we are able to see the forest from the trees.

#3

2 & 3 were my masks. It took me awhile to realize my past got me in a rut.

Very true-- classifications can’t capture everyone. These are only the 5 most common character structures. There are more-- let’s leave those to the academic pundits:) But the common wounds of unhappy childhoods typically lead to these character types. By diving into a lot of child development research & hearing first hand accounts from doctors, I found that kids who’ve had a rough childhood have a hard time becoming fully functioning-productive adults. And most of them have predictable patterns.

Also you never “become” a number 5 or “become” any of these structures. These ego masks are what happens to you at critical stages of child development. When you’re young, your analytical skills aren’t fully developed, but your emotional brain is, so it’s hard to process emotional trauma as a young child- that’s why these wounds linger & grossly affect people’s personalities.

Very true we all should be open. When Christ healed people- He would always say “ethphatah” which means “be open”. Left and right brain thinking should work synergistically. There’s a time for analytical thinking and creative/abstact thinking. I love playing guitar, meditating, writing, healing people from recurring symptoms, but I can’t get stuff done without my cerebellum:)