Saturday, 28 August, 2021
What is Ego?
Ego can thought of as the amalgation of the view an individual holds of themselves, how much value is placed on themselves, and the many beliefs, ideologies and affiliations that an individual holds. This sense of self helps us to classify and quantify our reality in profuse conditions. In simpler terms, Ego may serve as a gatekeeper of consciousness, admitting into awareness only those thoughts that conform to our self image.
What is Ego Death?
Ego erects boundaries that can lead to us feeling isolated and inchoate from the people and the nature around us. Therefore people take the path of meditation to see things from a macroscopic level and live in the moment. You are no longer an individual disconnected from the world, but rather feel interconnected with the universe. This state of self awareness and selflessness and subsequent feeling of connectivity with the universe are often referred to as Ego Death.
The idea with Ego Death is to destroy the dark things deliberately about self in order to perpetually stay aware and happy and avoiding a precarious lifestyle.
But things aren’t that simple.
Ego is a part of us. There’s no way to kill it and still be a normal human. Ego isn’t our enemy, It’s the attachment part of it that’s the problem.
The goal isn’t to destroy anything. Nothing needs to die. What is needed is a mindset shift to accept the way things are.
You can’t be a person in this world without your ego. Although we are essentially a part of a collective consciousness, we are able to manifest here on Earth, on this beautiful beautiful planet because we are individuals. The ego helps us experience individuality so that we can live a life — the biggest miracle of creation.
So, why would you want to kill it??
Attachment is the root of all your sufferings. People and their thoughts about you is not the problem. These things will always be there. All you need to realise is that you’ve attached yourself to them. The stories about how you look, what your opinions are, how others look at you are nothing but ghost stories made up by children. It’s your narrative which is the problem.
Ego is your friend. When you accept everything about it and yourself, you will know that it’s your friend. Accepting who you are is not a child’s play. Realize what you really are, and there isn’t a single part of you that needs to die.
Love yourself, Love everything.
See you next Saturday, until then have a great weekend :)
Cheers!
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