{"id":11347,"date":"2023-01-01T13:07:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-01T13:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aurelis.org\/blog\/?p=11347"},"modified":"2023-05-07T12:10:54","modified_gmt":"2023-05-07T12:10:54","slug":"inner-dissociation-ego-total-self","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aurelis.org\/blog\/cognitive-insights\/inner-dissociation-ego-total-self","title":{"rendered":"Inner Dissociation \u2013 Ego \u2013 Total Self"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Inner dissociation is a wrongly perceived divide between \u2013 more or less \u2013 conceptual and subconceptual mental processing. Metaphorically, the dissociation lies between the ego and the total self.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Reality is always more complex.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Functionally<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In-depth, of course, the ego is part of the total self.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moreover, any conscious ego-element is engendered in deeper subconceptual layers (of total self) \u2015 whether it starts here or in the outer world or as a mutual reaction of one to the other.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, any divide between the ego and the total self can only be functional. In other words, the ‘divide’ points to the dynamic interpretation of a happening, not a static entity. The dissociation is not between two separate things \u2015 yet the result is as if this would be the case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The basic cognitive illusion<\/a> \u2013 not seeing the functional divide \u2013 is an illusion nevertheless, in which mere-ego acts as if there is nothing else but mere-ego within a total person.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bad consequences<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bad consequences from tensions between the \u2013 functionally \u2013 dissociated entities are so ubiquitous that I dare say inner dissociation is never OK<\/a>. It leads to much anticipatory anxiety (distress) and ruminating depression (regret), not to mention aggression between individuals and between groups\/societies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yet potentially, there is also good involved, depending on how people try to cope with their dissociation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Humanity\u2019s best<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eventually, the most profoundly beautiful aspects of the human being lie in the ways people may try to cope with their inner dissociation \u2015 this is: toward giving the ego a place in total self where it can be a part of the opening up:<\/p>\n\n\n\n