The Ego or Dark side of the Inner Child, is part of a threesome. Together all three of you move through your current incarnation toward the goals for spiritual growth that you chose before you came into this life. It is also my understanding that spiritual growth is the primary reason souls choose to incarnate. Within that threesome, the Ego is the one who protects your physical body. Where the Inner Child is free, playful and innocent, it s Dark side or lower chakra side, is the one that seeks to keep you safe from harm.
Harm includes both emotional and physical harm with the main form of harm being pain.
Now this might be a stretch for those of you who have not read the Multidimensional Keys of Compassion booklets or any of my other articles on this subject so please keep an open mind and bear with me if and until you do. To explain the concept of the Inner Child and the Ego being the same, I often use the analogy of a 5-year old being thrown out into the streets of New York to survive on its own. It won t take long before that playful, innocent and loving child learns to steal, cheat, and fight to protect itself. It learns to use fear to protect itself. To me, the Ego is the summation of all the survival instincts of the Inner Child.