Makes sense to me. Good to see SR back online.
From time to time, I hear someone say, "Everything in the Universe is perfect and as it should be."
Depending how that hits me at the time is a sort of gauge as to where I'm at with ego/spiritual self.
Something else, I can be in ego and be having a blast. Ego isn't always bad nor does it even always feel bad. I hate to admit this, but sometimes I enjoy being in [s]elf, not [S]elf, but self... or anger or maybe even to some extent fear... and enjoying myself immensely. If you've ever driven with me or been on a rollercoaster, you'd understand.
I can also be in self-pity and "feel good" for a while. But that usually leads to lower states of consciousness, such as apathy, guilt, and shame... and takes a while to get back up and out of it. Or grief, for example... that's no fun. But I've had God carry me through it and I came out with Joy almost immediately and that seemed very spiritual to me.