How to go about exploring ego and/or dark emotions/experiences in a healthy way?

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I find the most useful examination is getting to the core origin of things. I find the energy ray concepts are very useful for this. Trying getting to the root of the issues/beliefs from the perspective of the types of love embodied in the rays/chakras concepts. Once you have a solid understanding of what balanced perspectives make up each ray (Ra only briefly covers them), there are many techniques involving this but I think you have to experiment with one that works for you. Dream interpretation, applying understanding and acceptance and faith to the situation, exploration mentally of opposites, practicing the exercises Ra suggests (love at the moment always - the ray/chakra concepts are great for this, see the creator in yourself and others, meditation with the intent to let conscious realizations filter down to the root of the mind, etc).