At the very moment a thought occurs, the brain's first reaction is to allow that thought to capture its attention, and with this movement of attention, awareness is drawn externally, giving the world of form a sense of reality. At that very moment the mind's vibrational frequency is diminished and consciousness shifts to the gross material dimension of ego. The mind is now found to be identifying with ego, which is nothing but a solidified illusory thought form-based structure – a structure that also maintains an inter-connectedness with other thought forms which have accumulated within the mind as latent tendencies. As long as these latent tendencies are sustained in the mind, the ego will persist. This is the condition that underlies the necessity to incarnate into a physical body.
