What is an Ego? - let`s go back to DRAWING BOARD!

I see you want knowledge. I really like Philosophy too^^ I am sorry but rn now I am busy I hope someone will answer that question. Otherwise hit me up with a privat message ^^

 

Ego is fear
Ego is hatred
Ego is self-doubt
Ego is seeking attention
Ego is instant gratification
Ego is lying
Ego is insecure

We all have ego, some are aware of that fact and others are not. Ego is not our "real self" (soul), it is more like a tool, it's our mind and its capabilities.

E.g. if I'm salesman I must know how to persuade people to buy something I know is great product and helps them. Instead of persuading people to buy something I know is scam and doesn't help them.

People with "good ego" usually lift others up, they are confident, positive and know when their ego tries its tricks.

When people with "bad ego" usually talks smack about others, projects their insecurities to others and are not able to be self aware, or aware of their ego.

 

Ego is objectification. The fact our language has a noun called ego prompts us to believe there is an unchanging "thing" that's considered a self is misleading, because if people change then it's all process and verbs rather than nouns.

So there is no ego as such, but there is ego-ing - it's an activity that just gets repeated and the persistence just makes it look like a solid object.

And that's a way to distinguish desire from ego. If there is a desire for something, it is a movement, although if it is a materialistic view it is about having rather than doing.

A desire tends to involve a simple movement of going from A to B right, but there's actually more detail involved. For one thing there are many desires, PMO just happens to be strong ones. You have to identify with one to believe there is a thing, otherwise a desire is just an experience that happens in time (and actually in an environment with a bunch of other desires and non-desire movements) and is therefore limited, it will go away at some point.

So I'd say it's not about diminishing it or making it go away, which starts with the catch-22 of focusing on "it" when "it" is a process and not a thing in the first place, and movements happen in a huge field with a bunch of other movements. By taking a step back and developing a broader view and a spacious mind you see it's actually a small part of what's happening, both in scope and duration of time. Maybe then it's seen it's actually manageable and not this big deal.

 

The human being is narcissistic by nature. Our image to people, reputation and ego have been inflated even more this time. Social media is based around stroking people's ego with likes and attention. Setting each person value by the amount of followers they have, how amazing their (fake) lives seem to be, how many likes they get, etc.

How can we detach ourselves from ego in order to progress?

 

Ego is the illusion of self as a real thing separate from the universe.

 

very well put, I don't agree with the creator gave me a job part but that's IMO so thanks for this post man! I wish you great success finding inner peace and contentment.