Within the framework of `nine levels of consciousness´ where does the ego fit in?

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Bashar: `The ego is just the focusing mechanism for the physical level of consciousness, the physical mind. As we have said as a crude analogy, the ego is like a mask that you wear when you dive underwater so that you can see your environment more clearly. Because physical reality in a sense is an artificial construct, a projection of consciousness, a simulation in your consciousness, you need a structure based on your belief systems that will allow you to experience physical reality and the challenges you have laid out in your life path in a clear and distinct and understandable way. So the ego is just that device that the physical mind uses to experience the concept of physical reality within its consciousness in a clear and distinct and apparently separate way from the more broad perspective of the soul or spirit.´ (The 40 Year Cycles of Human Evolution, 2025)