Spirituality, in a narrow sense, concerns itself with matters of the spirit, a concept closely tied to religious belief and faith, a transcendent reality, and God. Spiritual matters are thus those matters regarding humankind’s ultimate nature and purpose, not only as material biological organisms, but as beings with a unique relationship to that which is beyond both time and the material world.

As such, the spiritual is traditionally contrasted with the material, the temporal and the worldly. A perceived sense of connection forms a central defining characteristic of spirituality — connection to a metaphysical reality greater than oneself, which may include an emotional experience of religious awe and reverence, or such states as satori or Nirvana. Equally importantly, spirituality relates to matters of sanity and of psychological health. Spirituality is the personal, subjective dimension of religion, particularly that which pertains to liberation or salvation (see also mysticism)

Spirituality may involve perceiving or wishing to perceive life as more important (”higher”), more complex or more integrated with one’s world view; as contrasted with the merely sensual.

Many spiritual traditions, accordingly, share a common spiritual theme: the “path”, “work”, practice, or tradition of perceiving and internalizing one’s “true” nature and relationship to the rest of existence (God, creation (the universe), or life), and of becoming free of the lesser egoic self (or ego) in favor of being more fully one’s “true” “Self“.

To say that god (the source) knows all, created all, and is connected to all and yet has sent us here without any predestined plans and choices is the same as saying that we never existed at all. Every connection has a reasonable place in our existence. A reason for being and a lesson to teach. Every breath of our existence has a purpose and every direction is either an obstacle or a step in the right direction. No matter which path we choose we will find ourselves on the path of discovery and play a roll in this human existence that we all share and learn from. To find our true spiritual selves we must let go of all emotions and find the peace that exists within us. The world is full of so much hate, anger and greed that it is easy to be blinded and think that sorrow, misery, and revenge have some kind of meaning and use. Justice and the laws of man do nothing more than separate us from our true spiritual selves. Everyone wants something that they do not have. Material things that have no meaning or place in the spiritual world and will never bring peace to this world. If you cannot find peace and happiness with no possessions or wealth sitting in total silence all alone with nothing to hold on to then you will never find peace and happiness no matter what you fill your life with. True spiritual ascension can only come when you let go of all emotions and all material possessions. When you learn how to forgive and let go of all your negative feelings and find true peace within yourself. The truth is peace and harmony start with nothing and we need not take more than is given without aggression.

Many writers from the Buddha onwards, have written about the ego from a spiritual viewpoint. Eckhart Tolle’s book on the subject, A New Earth, looks at this too:

“Listen to people’s stories and they could all be entitled ‘Why I Cannot Be At Peace Now’. The ego doesn’t know that your only opportunity for being at peace is now. Or maybe it does know and is afraid you may find this out. Peace, after all, is the end of the ego.”

“The extent of the ego’s inability to recognize itself and see what it is doing is staggering and unbelievable. […] To become free of the ego is not really a big job but a very small one. All you need to do is be aware of your thoughts and emotions - as they happen. This is not really a ‘doing’ but an alert ’seeing’. In that sense, it is true that there is nothing you can do to become free of the ego. When that shift happens, which is the shift from thinking to awareness, an intelligence far greater than the ego’s cleverness begins to operate in your life. Emotions and even thoughts become depersonalized through awareness. Their impersonal nature is recognized. There is no longer a self in them. They are just human emotions, human thoughts. Your entire personal history, which is ultimately no more than a story, a bundle of thoughts and emotions, becomes of secondary importance and no longer occupies the forefront of your consciousness. It no longer forms the basis for your sense of identity. You are the light of Presence, the awareness that is prior to and deeper than any thoughts and emotions.” ^[3]

The Armenian mystic G.I. Gurdjieff, as well as the self-described Gnostic writer and teacher of occultism Samael Aun Weor, posits that the ego is inherently constituted by many “I’s”:

“One of man’s important mistakes,” he [Gurdjieff] said, “one which must be remembered, is his illusion in regard to his I. “Man such as we know him, the ‘man machine,’ the man who cannot ‘do,’ and with whom and through whom everything ‘happens,’ cannot have a permanent and single I. His I changes as quickly as his thoughts, feelings, and moods, and he makes a profound mistake in considering himself always one and the same person; in reality he is always a different person, not the one he was a moment ago.^[4]

“I am going to read a newspaper,” says the “I” of intellect. “To heck with reading,” exclaims the “I” of movement, “I prefer to ride my bicycle.” “Forget it,” shouts a third ego in disagreement, “I’d rather eat, I’m hungry.”^[5]

Weor used the terms “Being” (equivalent in meaning to Atman in Hinduism^[6]) and “ego”, drawing the distinction that the two states possible are that of Being, which is “transparent, crystal-clear, impersonal, real and true”, and that of the ‘I’, which is “a collective of psychic Aggregates that personify Defects, whose only reason to exist is ignorance”.^[7] He characterized this distinction:

“Superior and inferior [’I’s] are a division of one organism itself. The superior ‘I’ and the inferior ‘I’ are both the ‘I’; they are the whole ego. The Intimate, the Real Being, is not the ‘I.’ The Intimate transcends any type of ‘I.’ He is beyond any type of ‘I.’ The Intimate is the Being. The Being is the reality. He is what is not temporal; He is the Divine. The ‘I’ had a beginning and inevitably will have an end, since everything that has a beginning will have an end. The Being, the Intimate, did not have a beginning, and so He will not have an end. He is what He is. He is what has always been and what always will be.” ^[8]

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In spirituality, and especially nondual, mystical and eastern meditative traditions, the human being is often conceived as being in the illusion of individual existence, and separated from other aspects of creation. This “sense of doership” or sense of individual existence is that part which believes it is the human being, and believes it must fight for itself in the world, is ultimately unaware and unconscious of its own true nature. The ego is often associated with mind and the sense of time, which compulsively thinks in order to be assured of its future existence, rather than simply knowing its own self and the present.^[1][2]

The spiritual goal of many traditions involves the dissolving of the ego,^{[citation needed]} allowing self-knowledge of one’s own true nature to become experienced and enacted in the world. This is variously known as Enlightenment, Nirvana, Presence, and the “Here and Now”.

Eckhart Tolle comments that, to the extent that the ego is present in an individual, that individual is somewhat insane psychologically, in reference to the ego’s nature as compulsively hyper-active and compulsively (and pathologically) self-centered. However, since this is the norm, it goes unrecognised as the source of much that could be classified as insane behavior in everyday life.^{[citation needed]} In South Asian traditions, the state of being trapped in the illusory belief that one is the ego is known as maya or samsara.

There are a lot of theory’s, and writings about this subject. I don’t really believe in the devil but I sure do believe in evil. The devil/evil is supposed to lead us all down the wrong path and the whole time while doing so lead us to believe it is the good influence of our savior. I tend to think out of the box a little bit and believe it is the ego of all men and woman kind that is actually the evil. Even the bible and other writings are quoted as saying that the ego is evil or of the devil. I would tend to think that most people don’t even realize they are under the influence of their ego and probably not even aware that it even exists. They just let it rule their lives and contaminate the world we live in. In this context I would say that evil has been ruling the world probably since the beginning of modern mans reign. The ego brings out hate, revenge, anger, murder, and probably all of the negativity that rules our world today. This is such a grand illusion that has been culminated for thousands of years. You can see it every where you go. I don’t care if you are in church a temple supposedly houses of god, the court house government offices, political arena’s and just about any where you can think of it is there ruling manipulating and killing the spirit. To be ruled by the ego you feel you are better, you need more, you are just in you revengeful quest’s and you are right so you are blessed by god. This gives you the right to trample anyone and destroy the earth. If they have what you want you can just take it. You can rape the earth and kill the natives, steel the land conquer your enemies and prosper. Some people believe that is what 12/21/2012 is going to be all about. A change of consciousness and spiritual existence. The plain truth is that if every man woman and child found a spirit at the center of their being and reason instead of their ego there would be no problems in the world. Unfortunately the greater majority of people do not even believe in the spirit especially the one’s who pretend to believe with their ritual’s and private clubs and writings. The simple fact is you wont find the spirit in a book or a building, nor in a temple or a church you will find the spirit inside yourself and any where you might find yourself. Suffer the silence and listen and maybe someday you will find it.

According to their calendar, the Maya believed that their world would end on Dec 21, 2012. Of all the dates put forth by prophets and cultures for a doomsday, this is one with an authentic almost eerie feel to it. But what will happen? A global cataclysm is one possibility. Presented here is enough information to help you decide - be you an expert or a beginner.

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