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Chuck’s Place: The Relationship Between Ego & High Self

Ego Influences Above and Below…
-Artwork © 2026 Jan Ketchel

Ego is the hero in the hero’s journey of a human life. Human life is a finite affair. It has a beginning and an ending. We are born, assigned a name and a set of people, called family, who largely influence the identity we will assume throughout our human life.

The center of our consciousness, in this limited duration of time-space we will occupy in our human life, is the ego. Ego can think and act as it confronts the core challenges of its life, which include becoming a self-sufficient adult and solving the trials that must be surmounted to achieve fulfillment.

In contrast to the ego’s limited time-space existence, the High Self exists at the infinite dimension of our being; always was and always will be. The High Self is a growing identity shaped by the many finite lifetimes it has launched, only one of which is us now, in this lifetime.

The growing need of the High Self is reflected in the circumstances of the life we are currently in. Ego, solving the core challenge of now, benefits completion in this life, as well as contributes to greater harmony and knowledge within the greater High Self identity in infinity. As we learn and grow, our High Self also learns and grows.

The High Self has greater wisdom than the ego but largely leaves the ego to find its own way, which may lead to discovery that even the High Self knows not of. The High Self needs the ego in order to grow yet looks after the ego, and is quite responsive to its solicitations as it tries to find its way through life.

By definition, ego, as a finite being, is in a poor position to solve the challenges of human life. Typically, it gets caught in bipolar attitudes. Either it puffs itself up in the inflation of self-importance to feel superior and capable, or it deflates itself considerably, just trying to survive as a felt inferior being.

Experiences along the hero’s journey offer it the opportunity to gain confidence by facing life in a truthful way and accepting guidance from the High Self that supports its goals for this life. This guidance is always available but must be actively requested of High Self by ego.

When the ego asks the subconscious mind to provide guidance from the High Self it often results in a dream, a synchronicity, or a direct experience within the self that delivers its response.

Currently, our world is in the midst of rapid and comprehensive transformation. Those in human form at this time are part of a planetary ego at an evolutionary crossroads.

Heretofore, we have been dominated by a materialist worldview that is no longer tenable for planetary survival. Materialism is burdened with the belief that the causes in one’s life originate from outside the self.

The more sublime shift, however, is taking ownership of the divine power of manifestation inherent in the human mind. No one is a barrier to your full realization and expression of self. The responsible exercise of these powers advances Earth itself on its spiritual journey of love.

High Self is available to guide this massive transition. Every time we go to the heart and ask, “What is right for me to do in this situation?”, we are tapping into the guidance of the High Self.

For ego to then focus its intent to resonate with the wisdom of the
High Self will hasten our planetary ego, and our world, manifesting in alignment with truth and the greater good.

Gratitude to all,
Chuck

Soulbyte for Saturday June 27, 2026

-Artwork © 2026 Jan Ketchel

A day of rest is called for again. A day to pull back and put your feet up. A day to retreat from the world outside and delve into getting yourself into a calm and quiet inner space where you can feel good, positive, whole and healthy. All of this is within your own power, for with your very words you can change everything about yourself; your mood, your physical body, your spirit within. With a positive frame of mind, and the words to match it, you can totally change your day.

All our love,
The Soul Sisters, Jan & Jeanne

Soulbyte for Wednesday April 15, 2026

-Artwork © 2026 Jan Ketchel

Awkward as it may be, there is no going back. Far better to admit than to fight it. Resistance is futile. Get in alignment with a new world, with a new way of living, being, and doing. Get in alignment with the fact that outer events are beyond your control. You have no say. But you do have say within yourself. You have the ability to face what you are really feeling, without hiding things from yourself. You have the ability to make decisions within yourself, even if you feel stifled outwardly. You have the ability to think and feel for yourself, to let your spirit be appropriately present in all you do. You have the opportunity, every day, to be positive, optimistic and helpful. You have the opportunity every day to be as fully responsible as possible within the limits of life. You are a powerhouse, no matter what comes to interrupt the flow of life.

All our love,
The Soul Sisters, Jan & Jeanne

Soulbyte for Monday April 6, 2026

-Artwork © 2026 Jan Ketchel

Find places of solace, within yourself but also in the comfort of your home, in the serenity of your garden, or in a special place in the woods. Even city dwellers can find quiet places to sit and tune out the world. There are plenty of times in the day when you might wish you could go to your special place. If you can’t do it in reality, then do it in your imagination. There is nothing better than imagination to realize just how powerful you are and to experience what you are fully capable of.

All our love,
The Soul Sisters, Jan & Jeanne

Soulbyte for Wednesday December 31, 2025

-Artwork © 2025 Jan Ketchel

Even as the old still tries to overtake you, brush it away and firmly declare that you are leaving it behind. With such definiteness turn your thoughts of the old to thoughts of the new that you wish for yourself and others. Turn your energy up to a good vibration that is ready to receive rather than fight, to a vibration that is on a par with the vibration of the Universe that grants your wishes. Stay in that good vibration. Let it permeate you so that the Universe that grants all wishes will feel your attunement and respond to it in like manner. All that is good is just waiting for you to tune into it.

All our love,
The Soul Sisters, Jan & Jeanne