On a spiritual path to transcend the ego as the locus of one's self-identity, do you see the value of examining the factors in one's own historical makeup, such as addressing traumas that have symptoms such as anger and rage, anxieties, phobias, narcissistic leanings, and such? Is work to "clean up" things like the shadow self, the repressed or disowned self which we all have, beneficial, or possibly even necessary to advance beyond the ego itself?
Can it be considered a valid path to Self realization, to examine one's own personal life on that level in order to "let it go" and move beyond it, whereas it may always still be back there, despite all our efforts to ignore or "overcome" it?
Can it be considered a valid path to Self realization, to examine one's own personal life on that level in order to "let it go" and move beyond it, whereas it may always still be back there, despite all our efforts to ignore or "overcome" it?