dissociation
To separate something from awareness as a mechanism of ego defense. A “decision to forget” (CE T-10.II.1:2).
- The mechanism by which the separation occurred (see CE T-6.II.3:1-4). The separation was not a physical parting, but a mental decision to forget.
- The ego then dissociated from God’s Answer: the Holy Spirit and His thought system (see CE T-14.IX.4-5:4). “Dissociation is a distorted process of thinking whereby two systems of belief [the ego’s and the Holy Spirit’s] which cannot coexist are both maintained.” (CE T-14.IX.4:3). They are maintained by keeping them in different compartments of the mind. When they are brought together, one must dispel the other (see bringing darkness to light).
- The ego even uses dissociation to keep contradictory goals in its own thought system from coming into contact with each other (see CE T-15.I.5:5).
See denial. See CE T-10.II.1.