Class 4 Ego vs Authentic Self

As a perfect follow on from class 3 this class was all about exploring the differences experientially between the two fundamental and opposite dimensions of human nature.

In class 3 we were discovering the ground of all being or the meditative experience.But in Evolutionary Enlightenment  the meditation experience is not an end in itself but a tool we can use to discover the authentic self. One way to describe the authentic self is that it is the pure urge to create the divine principle right now on earth or it is consciousness that exploded out of the void of meditation.Or it is dynamic compulsion to become more conscious.

There are many ways to talk about this but when we look directly at what the qualities of this experience are then we will find that  they are only life affirming, positive and truly amazing.
On the other hand when we look at the qualities of ego then we will find that they are the opposite.

So as this class continued we were going back and forward between these parts of the self and learning how to discriminate between the two.
I was also putting emphasis on that these parts of the self are like two parallel line that never meet and that the only way to get from the ego to the authentic self is to realize that there is a choosing faculty inside us that is choosing to be the person you are being.
So if we want to experience and become the authentic self we have to CHOOSE to adopt the perspective of the authentic self no matter how our ego happens to feel about it, because our ego will never feel happy about it.

I am really happy with the positivity and the development of how the class participants are engaging with me and each other. In-fact I am overwhelmed with it and I am sure it is having a big effect.

The next class will be about the 5 tenants of enlightenment. And this answers the question how to live according to the principles of the authentic self.

This is a copy of an essay I received from one of the course participants. 
               EVOLUTIONARY ENLIGHTENMENT

       Being so objective that we view ourselves as a process seemed
>cold and harsh to me, but the more I practice it, the more I am                                              freed from my egos fears and desires, which allows something truly
>natural.....tender, yet strong to emerge. I feel more LOVE towards
>myself and others - a warmth and wholesomeness that is beyond the
>grasping, adolescent demands which we have all experienced.
>
>Contemplating the evolutionary process is so mind-blowing......all
>the experience that has gone before us, developing us into this
>form, in this place, at this time NOW - a sense of wonder and
>child-like awe manifests as wide-eyed attention to LIFE.
>
>     The stress that our world eco-system is under is immense - we
>have created that stress, and we must evolve to a point that we no
>longer prioritise appearance, wealth and fame over alleviating
>suffering. Where we act out of compassion, not only a passive state
>of being, but action. The way our society can consciously evolve is
>through expanding our awareness and acceptance of other cultures and
>religions. As Ken Wilber would say, going from an ethno to world
>centric view point or context, and then from there to a kosmo
>centric level - expanding our consciousness to intend to encompass
>the entirety of the manifest realm, although the lower or conceptual
>mind cannot do this, a higher part of us experiences it - a deep
>knowing of every atom of the manifest - total connection which I'm
>sure can be experienced to deeper and deeper levels. We are all made
>of the same stuff - the entirety of the manifest is one.... then
>letting go of this to reveal the NO-THING screen on which all is
>projected - The Ground of Being.
>
>        The only reason we fight each other is because we are at war
>with ourselves. The less we pay attention and buy into the egos pain
>and suffering, the less we cause pain and suffering to others. This
>is the Path of Enlightenment - we have to consciously choose this
>way of being until we realise that this is our natural state to such
>a degree that the fears and desires of suffering can no longer tempt
>us - we have shone the LIGHT on them, their pointlessness revealed,
>their existence eliminated. Until that point, which is always
>potential in every moment, we must choose to act from our Higher or
>Authentic Self.
>
>       This part of us is evolving, as the rest of our being/planet
>is, as well as our interpretation of it. As we let go of past rigid
>ideas, structure of our society, personal opinions of ourselves, we
>allow for the potential of NOW to spring forth, forming inclusive
>yet advanced structures which humanity will grow/expand into.
>Recognising this aspect of ourselves and acting from there instead
>of our exclusive, small, separating needs, will indeed CHANGE THE
>WORLD.
>
>        I can feel it, experience it day to day, more and more. We
>have to wake up to SAVE OUR SOULS and OUR PLANET.
>