Copyright 2001, Colin C. Tipping

The Victim
Archetype
SELF-RIGHT-
EOUSNESS
EYE-FOR-AN-EYE
JUSTICE
THE EGO STRUCTURE
Fig. 5: 
The Structure of the Ego 
(perspective #1)
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that we wake up, bit by bit, until we finally remember who
we are and go home. That's what transformation is and
enlightenment too.
Fig. 6.
The Soul’s Journey
This is our Soul’s journey while in physical form. And there
exists no short cut. Without both the Ego and the Higher
Self working their magic, we simply wouldn't get there.
I invite you to consider both definitions to be true at the
same time. My sense is that the first one is true in terms
of explaining our initial descent into physical form and how
we came to see that event (falsely) in retrospect, but that
The World Of Humanity
Duality & Separation
A 
FEELING
EXPERIENCE
Remembrance
Transformation
Ascendance
Enlightenment
SOUL
EGO
The World Of Divine Truth
PREPARATION FOR
INCARNATION
Self
Higher
Next Level of
Spiritual Evolution
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the second is grounded in a deeper truth, namely, that
there exists within us no separation of any kind.
Maybe they are two different things; I don’t know. It really
doesn’t matter. Each definition helps me to make sense
of this human experience in terms of spiritual truth, and I
trust they will do the same for you.
7: Hideouts and Scapegoats
U
nderstanding the role that the twin psychologi
cal ego-defense mechanisms of repression and
pro-jection play in how we heal relationships is
essential to the concept of Radical Forgiveness. A
closer inspection of the mechanisms of each might
therefore be helpful.
Operating together, repression and projection wreak
havoc upon our relationships and our lives. Together
they create and maintain the victim archetype. Under-
standing how they work enables us to counteract the
Ego’s use of them to keep us separated from each other
and from God.
1. Repression
Operating as a normal psychological defense mecha-
nism, repression occurs when feelings like terror, guilt,
or rage become so overwhelming that the mind simply
blocks them from conscious awareness entirely. This
makes repression a powerful mental safety device, for
without this blocking mechanism we could easily go
mad. It works so effectively that absolutely no memory
of the feelings, or the event which precipitated them,
remains — totally blocked out of conscious awareness
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for days, weeks, or years — sometimes even for the
rest of the lifetime.
Suppression:
Repression should not be confused with this other, simi-
lar but less severe defense mechanism. Suppression
occurs when we 
consciously 
refuse to acknowledge
emotions that we do not want to feel or express. Though
we know they are there, we try to push, or 
stuff,
them
away and refuse to deal with them. However, contin-
ued denial of them for long periods of time may lead to
a 
numbness
equivalent to their becoming repressed.