What if everything you've ever been taught about the ego has been wrong? For 3,000 years, spiritual traditions have delivered the same prescription: dissolve it, transcend it, kill it. And yet, for most people, no amount of meditation, prayer, or spiritual work has made that nagging disconnection go away.
Dr. Nickolas Martin has spent 40 years in clinical psychology watching that prescription fail, and he thinks he knows exactly why. The ego, he says, isn't the enemy. It's a patient. A licensed psychologist, author of five books, and the man who literally invented the field of Egology, Dr. Nick introduces a framework he calls Ego Medicine, and it starts with a truth that stops most people cold: you can't destroy something you don't actually understand. And according to Dr. Nick, almost nobody understands what the ego actually is.
In this episode, you'll find out why the ego has no intellect, no awareness of God, and no awareness of itself... and yet still manages to be the single biggest obstacle standing between you and the life you were designed to live. You'll hear about the three dimensions of ego energy, and why being what the world calls "a big ego" and being someone who can't feel their own feelings are actually two sides of the same broken coin. You'll also hear one idea that may quietly rearrange everything you thought you knew about spiritual healing: you were born saved.
The question Dr. Nick is asking isn't how you wake up. It's how to stop from waking yourself.
This one hits different. Come ready.
Resources + Links from This Episode Books by Dr. Nickolas Martin(all e-book versions available on Amazon and Barnes & Noble for $2.99 each)
Earthly Resurrection: The Truth of God-Ego-You (Dr. Nick's recommended starting point. Available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Balboa Press. If you read it, he kindly asks for an honest Amazon review.)
It's Your Ego. Stupid! Fix It to Fix Your Life (FREE download at
egoandspirit.info)
Ego Therapy: A Method for Healing Your Whole Self EgoSpiritualism: Awakening to Your Human and Divine Self (co-authored with Rev. Dr. Linda M. Martin)
The Two Voices Within: Balancing the Energies of Ego and Spirit to Enhance Your Life (co-authored with Rev. Dr. Linda M. Martin)
Free Resources at egoandspirit.infoFocused Ego Meditations, guided by Rev. Dr. Linda M. Martin. Six meditations covering each ego energy dimension (higher and lower ego power, flexibility, and vulnerability). Also includes the free download of
It's Your Ego. Stupid!YouTube: Egoman20 / @spiritualawakening77- youtube.com/@spiritualawakening77. Over 180 videos, including the Mind Reader Series (the perfectionist, the high maintenance person, the sociopath, the sadist, and more) and the Rules People Live series.
Connect with Dr. Nickolas MartinWebsite:
egoandspirit.infoThis episode is sponsored by John Novello, the man who saved a life before 9/11 by following a feeling. Hear the full story at https://www.skepticmetaphysician.com/invisible-architect].Connect with John Novello:https://johnnovelloauthor.com/ - Author site
