I was watching the “ego backlash” video when I started wondering about what part of us that wants to achieve the higher levels of consciousness. Personally, I’ve wanted to do personal growth work since I was in my early teens, and much of my desire came from whatching actualized. I’ve also had some rough backlashes lately, which made me stop completely with wanting to dig deeper into my conscious level. As I just started to come into the topic again, I began also to wonder how come we choose this pattern, why is it important? It seems obvious, but somehow I cannot think of an answer without it being for a better understanding of myself and others, which also makes me think if this is an illusion. As Leo have talked about how the mind tricks us, how do one knows that self actualization and conscious work isn’t just tricks of our minds as well?