Childhood trauma and result in separation from the essential self. And from reading Dr. Joseph Murphy it is being in contact with your Sub-Conscious is getting in contact with our essential self. Dr.Gabor Mate says the following:
We live in a world that rewards us for being inauthentic and punishes us for being authentic. And we live in a world, and a culture, that seduces us from our true selves with every possible blandishment, reward, and promise of fulfillment through artificial means. And the other problem, as Alma says, is that your mind, your egoic mind, always to invalidate your essence. Because the egoic mind develops as a replacement for the essence. When essence shows up, the mind is threatened – the ego is threatened. So it wants to fight back.
Both Dr. Mate and Dr. Levine explain that we often do not even realize that we are disconnected from our essential selves. It is like when we are little and a dog dies or a grandparent dies. This is trauma, both at different levels but it is trauma. And it certainly could separate us from our real essence. When I believe this man-made reality also is a factor in keeping us from our essential self. Because, when we accept that there is a man-made reality and we take control it helps in getting in contact with our essential self.
Separation from Essential Self
when this trauma happens we can just go on and act as normal as we can. But, there still is sadness inside of us. Have a friend and her mother beat her every day. She was in the Peace Core and has a Ph.D. but still is like a whipped dog at 63. So she still is living that trauma and has never forgiven herself or her mother so she can move on.
Separation from Essential Self