ABOUT THE BOOK

The guiding intention for this book is to make a contribution to the process of self-recovery and self-realization — and to make these processes more user-friendly and more potent. Many people, the author himself included, are susceptible to the hidden inner forces of endarkenment, and can become caught in nasty, self-destructive cycle of confusion, self-doubt, and self-hatred — all while in the process of doing good, honest work on their inner lives.

The managers of these forces — our egos — stealthily do their work, too often to the complete blindness of their hosts. Most people don’t know what an ego actually is, hot it does its job within its host, or think they don’t have an ego, that they just have a “me,” and are just “being myself.” In fact, this unawareness is a sign that their ego is doing a very good job. For the ego to do its job well, it must stay in stealth mode .. as “the ghost in our machinery.”

Ego: The ghost in Your Machinery seeks to make our egos visible. It provides methods for separating from our ego’s grip. It also offers tested methods for accessing the powerful source of our won true, trustworthy, and wise inner guidance, referred to as our Truthplace. The Truthplace is the source of the moment-to-moment conscious unfolding of our true nature.

Questions On My Path

After fifty years or so of using psychotherapy, mediation and various other methods of expanding and deepening my own self-awareness, what has come to interest me the most, is captured in the following questions:

  • What are the forces within me that “endarken” me rather than “enlighten” me?
  • From where do they arise?
  • Why do they want to control what I am aware of?
  • Why do they want to keep me blind to certain self-truths?
  • How do they control my self-awareness?
  • Why are they so persistent?
  • Do I have any control over their presence within me?
  • Can I get rid of them… in a given moment? … or permanently?
  • Why do they keep coming back after periods of feeling free of them?
  • Is there a place inside of me that is free of their control?
  • If it exists, how do I find and access that place?
  • What can I do to preserve my contact with that place moment to moment?

This is not a book about our simple ignorance about ourselves — that kind of ignorance or not knowing, can be cured by someone simply pointing out what you don’t know. That’s easy. This book will surely give you some additional help seeing what you don’t know about yourself. But more crucially, this is a book that will help you see more clearly what is within you that actively and continuously keeps you from seeing a great deal of what is true about yourself and is available to you for personal guidance. Yes, it is a book to assist you in waking up to how much more is available to you within, but, again more importantly, the book’s purpose is to help you to wake up to how much your awareness in each movement is in fact being determined by inner forces that operate automatically and outside your ordinary awareness.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Louis D. Cox Ph.D.

Dr. Lou Cox is a Clinical Psychologist with 55 years of experience. In his private practice, he works as a psychotherapist, awareness trainer, and addiction specialist. He works with individuals, couples and families.

In his organizational consulting practice, EgoMechanics Inc., he trains teams in a method of group communication that creates and sustains high team performance and team integrity. He has trained executive teams in his method in organizations, such as Disney Corporation, American Airlines, Sony Music Corporation, and Internationals Creative Management Company, as well as numerous rock and roll bands, including Aerosmith, Bon Jovi, and REM.

To learn more about Lou, visit www.egomechanics.com or email him at drloucox@theghostinyourmachinery.com

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ABOUT THE BOOK

The guiding intention for this book is to make a contribution to the process of self-recovery and self-realization — and to make these processes more user-friendly and more potent. Many people, the author himself included, are susceptible to the hidden inner forces of endarkenment, and can become caught in nasty, self-destructive cycle of confusion, self-doubt, and self-hatred — all while in the process of doing good, honest work on their inner lives.

The managers of these forces — our egos — stealthily do their work, too often to the complete blindness of their hosts. Most people don’t know what an ego actually is, hot it does its job within its host, or think they don’t have an ego, that they just have a “me,” and are just “being myself.” In fact, this unawareness is a sign that their ego is doing a very good job. For the ego to do its job well, it must stay in stealth mode .. as “the ghost in our machinery.”

Ego: The ghost in Your Machinery seeks to make our egos visible. It provides methods for separating from our ego’s grip. It also offers tested methods for accessing the powerful source of our won true, trustworthy, and wise inner guidance, referred to as our Truthplace. The Truthplace is the source of the moment-to-moment conscious unfolding of our true nature.

Endorsements

Jon Bon Jovi

Jon Bon Jovi

Founder of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Band Bon Jovi

You can shout it from the rooftops that thanks to Lou Cox, we not only survived but thrived.
William Morrison

William Morrison

Founder/CEO of Alta Mira Recovery Programs

I was absolutely captivated by your book. The concepts were illuminating and at the same time familiar. I’ve never seen a psychological framework for ‘the ego’ pulled together in such a s complete package that made sense logically but also offered very practical suggestions to achieve personal and spiritual growth. I related instantly to your notion of the “Thruthplace.’ and I am now inspired to tap into that in my own practice.

Book Reviews

“I rate this book 4 out of 4 stars, primarily because its content is so comprehensive and applicable to nearly any reader. Readers looking to increase their self-awareness of the motivations and fears that drive their choices would benefit highly from reading this work. Topics addressed within include social anxiety, intimacy in close relationships, and the terrifying and complex nature of shame. At the heart of all of humanity is our desire to be accepted by others, and our fear of rejection, and this book highlights the universal anxieties that we all carry in relation to these needs. Though this book helps the reader to work on him or herself in a private and individual way, its ultimate impact serves to erase some of the boundaries that separate us from each other, and gives us tools to build richer, more fulfilling, and more transparent relationships.”

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