Copyright 2001, Colin C. Tipping

Insti-
tute for Radical Forgiveness Therapy and Coach-
ing, Inc., 
based in Atlanta, Georgia.
This is
 
both for
licensed professionals who wish to become certified
Radical Forgiveness Practitioners, and for non-profes-
sionals who might simply wish to coach others in how
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to apply Radical Forgiveness to ordinary life-problems.
Even in business, Radical Forgiveness is a valid con-
cept and an extremely powerful technology for tracking
where energy is stuck within the corporation or institu-
tion and for releasing it. The effect on profitability can
be dramatic which is the reason why quite a number of
business consultants have already taken the training.
(For further details see Appendix II, Page 297).
6: The Mechanisms of the Ego
I
n matters of a spiritual nature, it is seldom long be
fore the conversation turns to the Ego. Radical For
give-ness is no exception since the Ego does seem
to play a central role. So, what constitutes the Ego and
what role does it play in Radical Forgiveness? I feel
that there are at least two ways of answering this ques-
tion. The first casts the Ego as our enemy, while the
second sees it as our friend.
The 
Ego-As-Enemy
viewpoint makes the Ego respon-
sible for keeping us separated from Source out of self
interest for its own survival. Consequently it is our spiri-
tual enemy and we are at war with it. Many spiritual
disciplines take this as their central idea and demand
that the Ego must be dropped or transcended as a pre-
requisite for spiritual growth. The 
Ego-As-Friend
model
sees the Ego as being the part of our own soul that
acts as our loving guide for our human experience.
I prefer to think that there is truth in both of these ideas
even though, at first blush, they seem to be incompat-
ible. Let me explain each in turn, as I have come to
understand them for myself, so you can make up your
own mind.
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