The search for self-transformation is a challenging path that requires constant and profound observation of ourselves.
As Samael Aun Weor teaches, "the best didactics for the dissolution of the ego lies in the intensely lived practical life." This means that interaction with the world around us is a powerful mirror, reflecting our hidden flaws, desires, and impulses.
Living with other people reveals what lies latent in our subconscious. Emotions such as jealousy, anger, pride, and envy spontaneously emerge, offering us the rare opportunity to recognize the Pluralized Ego in full action. The key to dissolving the ego is not to suppress or deny these manifestations, but to observe them without judgment, as one watches a movie. This impartial gaze allows us to understand our defects without identifying with them.
Discovering a defect is a victory for the gnostic seeker because it means a part of the unconscious has been illuminated. However, mere intellectual understanding is not enough. It is necessary to deepen into meditation, exploring all levels of the mind where the defect operates. The human mind has unknown depths, and only through meticulous investigation can we completely dissolve these structures that imprison us.
Each defect fully understood loses its strength and is reduced to cosmic dust. This process is gradual and constant, leading to the establishment of a permanent center of consciousness within us. As the Pluralized Ego weakens, the psychic material, previously scattered in explosive outbursts of uncontrolled emotions, begins to accumulate in an ordered manner, forming a new nucleus of identity based on awakened consciousness.
The path of the dissolution of the ego leads to true individualization, to the abandonment of the shackles of egoism and the illusion of a fragmented personality. However, individuality is not the final goal. As esoteric tradition teaches, the true leap is to the supra-individuality, where the authentic Being manifests itself without the distortions of the inferior ego.
This process requires continuous study of our thoughts, emotions, and reactions. As Samael Aun Weor aptly put it, "the ego is a book of many volumes," and to understand it, we must read each page with attention and impartiality. Self-criticism becomes our essential tool, the sharp scalpel that allows us to dissect and eliminate the illusions sustaining the mechanistic nature of the mind.
Humanity today is submerged in unconsciousness, trapped in automatic behaviors that prevent the perception of reality as it is. The challenge is to convert the subconscious into consciousness, transcending the limits of conditioned mind. Only when we reach this state of continuous consciousness do we become masters of ourselves, awake not only in the physical world but also in the subtle planes of existence.
The path of the dissolution of the ego is, therefore, the key to true freedom. It requires discipline, courage, and humility to face our shadows and allow the light of consciousness to dissipate the darkness of ignorance. Only through this psychological death can we be reborn into a new reality, free from the chains of the ego and ready for the great journey of the soul toward the Absolute.
