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MORE SOUL.

LESS HUMAN.

The Awareness That Was Always There

More Soul. Less Human. is not about rejecting the human experience—it is about seeing it with clarity. It is the state of being where we engage fully in life without being consumed by it.

This awareness is always present, yet its impact and accessibility depend on our relationship with ego and shadow. When ego and shadow are in conflict, awareness becomes clouded. When they move in harmony, awareness naturally expands—not as something we achieve, but as something we allow.

To understand this fully, we must explore:

The Three Roles: Actor, Audience, Director
The Loops That Keep Us Stuck
How Awareness Moves in Sync with Ego and Shadow
Common Traps and Misinterpretations
The False Hierarchy: Why More Soul is Not "Better" Than More Human
Living the Awareness Without Seeking to Possess It

1. Actor, Audience, Director

In every moment of our lives, we are simultaneously playing three roles:

The Actor (Ego): The part of us that lives the experience. It acts, reacts, desires, and forms identity. It is necessary for engagement with reality.
The Audience (Soul): The awareness behind it all. It does not act—it witnesses, observes, and remains unbound by the story playing out.
The Director (Shadow): The unseen force shaping the script. It determines patterns, fears, and unconscious motivations. We often mistake its influence for "fate" or "destiny."

The more we identify solely with the actor, the harder it is to step back and see the play. We get lost in over-identification, mistaking passing emotions, desires, and fears for our true nature.

When we recognize our role as the audience, we gain perspective. We see the story without being fully trapped in it. However, this alone is not enough—because the shadow (director) is still at play, guiding the script behind the scenes.

True clarity comes when we integrate all three roles. We do not reject the actor, nor do we seek to "transcend" the human experience. Instead, we allow the director (shadow) to become conscious, the actor (ego) to move with awareness, and the audience (soul) to witness it all.

2. The Loops That Keep Us Stuck

The interplay between ego and shadow determines how much awareness we allow ourselves to experience. Awareness is always there—but its availability depends on how we navigate these loops:

Loop 1: Over-Identification with the Actor (Ego Trap)

When we believe we are the actor, we get lost in the performance.
Every desire, fear, and identity feels absolute.
We react rather than observe.
Awareness is dimmed because the audience is forgotten.

🔹 Breaking the Loop: Recognizing that we are playing a role—not as a way to detach, but to engage with greater clarity.

Loop 2: The Director’s Hidden Script (Shadow Trap)

The shadow dictates our choices, and we call it fate.
We repeat unconscious patterns, blaming external forces rather than examining the deeper cause.
We feel "stuck" in life without realizing we are following a script written by unexamined wounds and conditioning.

🔹 Breaking the Loop: Making the director (shadow) conscious—acknowledging how fears, traumas, and conditioning shape our choices.

Loop 3: Mistaking Observation for Transcendence

We step into the audience role and believe we have "transcended" the play.
This creates a sense of detachment, superiority, or emotional avoidance.
We judge others for still being "caught" in ego, rather than realizing ego is an essential part of the experience.

🔹 Breaking the Loop: Understanding that awareness is not an escape—it is a deepening. Being "the audience" does not mean rejecting the actor; it means seeing with clarity while fully participating.

3. How Awareness Moves in Sync with Ego and Shadow

Awareness is not something we "achieve." It is always there.

However, its impact changes depending on how we navigate ego and shadow:

Unconscious Ego & Shadow Conflict → Awareness is Distant

Life feels chaotic or overwhelming.
We react emotionally without clarity.
Awareness feels unreachable because we are fully inside the play with no perspective.

Ego in Control, Shadow Ignored → Awareness Becomes a Concept

We intellectually understand awareness but do not embody it.
We think we are "choosing" awareness, but we are still following unconscious patterns.
We believe we have it "figured out," which is an ego trap in itself.

Ego & Shadow in Sync → Awareness Flows Naturally

We are both actor and audience, engaged yet observing.
Awareness is not a forced practice—it is simply allowed.
There is no need to “hold onto” it because it is always present.

4. Common Traps and Misinterpretations

Trap: Seeking Awareness as a Goal

The moment we try to "achieve" awareness, we create separation.
Awareness is not a finish line—it is an ever-present state that we either engage with or ignore.

🔹 Truth: The more we stop seeking it, the more naturally it arises.

Trap: Using Awareness as an Escape

Some believe being "more soul" means rising above emotions, desires, and struggles.
This leads to spiritual bypassing—avoiding life instead of fully experiencing it.

🔹 Truth: Awareness does not remove human experience—it allows us to experience it more fully without attachment.

5. The False Hierarchy: Why More Soul is Not "Better" Than More Human

A shallow interpretation of More Soul. Less Human. is the belief that being "soul" is superior to being "human."

This creates:

Spiritual superiority (seeing oneself as enlightened above others).
Denial of ego and shadow (which are necessary for awareness to function).
A false sense of separation (instead of recognizing that all roles coexist).

🔹 Truth: More Soul. Less Human. is not a measurement. It is a rhythm.

To be fully human is not to be lost in ego.
To be fully soul is not to escape the experience.
It is the integration of both—the dance between engagement and awareness.

6. Living the Awareness Without Seeking to Possess It

The final paradox:

The moment we try to "grasp" awareness, we lose it.
The moment we try to "become" more soul, we create ego.
But the moment we allow it without trying to possess it, it naturally flows.

🔹 More Soul. Less Human. is not a practice—it is a surrender.

When we stop trying to become awareness, we realize it has been there all along.

When ego and shadow dance in sync, awareness does not need to be found.

It has always been present.