From Control FREAK Perfectionist to RESILIENT Strategist By Anita Kalnay
- Aromatika Magazine
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We are all born with an innate intelligence—a pure, intuitive self that exists before life experiences shape us. As we grow, we develop a compensating personality known as the ego or egoic self, which serves to protect and guide us in the world. Over time, with experience and introspection, we can learn to observe and integrate both the innate and egoic selves from a higher perspective, leading to what is referred to as the ascended self. While traditional personality assessments like the Myers-Briggs and Enneagram attempt to define behavioral patterns, they often lead people to act according to their “type” rather than from authentic self-awareness. Modern culture, however, increasingly encourages living from a place of deeper authenticity and consciousness—a shift sparked in part by the countercultural awakening of the 1960s and its focus on peace, love, and spiritual expansion.
This rise in consciousness has paved the way for modern metaphysical systems like Human Design, the Gene Keys, and Spiritual PhytoEssencing (SPE), which combine ancient wisdom with contemporary self-inquiry. These systems explore the idea of archetypes, miasms, and energetic imprints passed through generations not genetically, but bioenergetically or spiritually. SPE, for instance, uses essential oils to reconnect fragmented parts of our energetic being—offering healing through alignment with nature’s frequencies. The ascended self, in this context, is one who can witness the patterns of ego without attachment and access higher awareness, operating from a place of wholeness and self-regulation. Through metaphysical insight, we begin to understand not only ourselves but the unseen patterns that shape our consciousness across lifetimes.
The Cancer miasm is characterized by two major emotional themes: an overwhelming need to control chaos and a deep struggle with expressing individuality. Individuals influenced by this miasm often feel life is spiraling out of control and respond by striving for perfection and exerting superhuman effort to maintain order. At the same time, they experience difficulty in establishing a distinct personal identity, often merging with others rather than asserting their uniqueness. This emotional pattern mirrors the biological behavior of cancer cells—uncontrolled growth and loss of cellular differentiation—and in emotionally rooted cancer cases, addressing the Cancer miasm may offer therapeutic value.
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