1. Thomas E. Legere, Ph.D.

2. The ego (or self) is divine and, therefore, perfect.

3. Synonyms for the Ego and Soul Little Self True Self Ego Primal Self Authentic Self Big Self Soul Self Higher Self

4. Primal Wound (exile) Divine Core Garden of Eden

5. Some wounding to the soul, most typically by its primary caregivers, causes the child to lose its sense of innocence.

6. Parts of the Ego Banished into Our Personal Unconscious Ego Unconscious

7. The Survival Personality Emerges from the Primal Wound Little Self (Ego) Primal Wound (mistreatment or abandonment) Survival Personality (arrogance, greed, etc.) Big Self (Soul)

8. Self Destruction Survival Personality Impatience Greed Stubborness Self Deprecation Martyrdom Arrogance

9. Money, Sex, & Power 4 We use money, sex, & power to take away our pain 3 Creating psychological pain 2 Obscured by fear-based survivor personality 1 Divine essence

10. Addiction 4 Substances Take away the pain (temporarily) 3 Creating psychological pain 2 Obscured by survival based personality 1 Divine Presence

11. Depression 5 Sorrow and regret lead to spiritual depression 4 Awakening leads to sorrow and regret at mistakes made 3 Gradual awakening to divine essence 2 Obscured by survival based personality 1 Divine presence

12. The Body Never Lies 4 Leading to physical symptoms of distress 3 Creating psychological pain 2 Obscured by survival based personality 1 Divine presence

13. Suicide 4 Leads to unconscious desire to kill the survival personality 3 Gradual awakening to divine essence 2 Obscured by survival based personality 1 Divine presence

14. The Breakdown Leading to a Breakthrough 5 Which can lead to an awakening to the divine essence 4 Causes a breakdown of the survival personality 3 Creating Psychological pain 2 Obscured by survival personality 1 Divine presence

15. Forgiveness 4 Judgments dismissed-Person seen as whole 3 Generates judgments that are held 2 Fear based survival personality 1 Divine presence

16. The Shadow Knows 3 Shadow = Parts unknown to or repugnant to survival personality 2 Survival personality 1 Divine child

17. Anger and Sexuality Survival Personality Memories Anger & Sexuality Shadow Divine Consciousness Guardians of the threshold of divine consciousness

18. Expanded Sense of Self Friends Rest of the world Family Work Me Life/God