How I figured out what the ego is

[Flowerfaeiry]

6 hours ago, ChrisZoZo said:

@Flowerfaeiry seeing the vale of the ego is something else of probably more importance than working out what the ego is. 

Hey I agree with that. Nothing wrong with creating a healthy ego

[Flowerfaeiry]

12 hours ago, BlueOak said:

The ego is a survival mechanism used to protect you. It is created out of fears and insecurities, which you can call 'false' if you like, but that to me is just adding words onto the experience of your life.

 

 

This is good. 
 

 

[Inliytened1]

@Flowerfaeiry very nice realization.  Yes indeed that is it. (The false self)

It is an illusion.  And this is the catalyst for true enlightenment. 

[theleelajoker]

16 hours ago, Flowerfaeiry said:

You’re overthinking it

1.  Seems you do not recognize the humor in my post
2.  Seems you either ignored or did not recognize the main points of my post. So I ask directly:
   • What are the criteria for "real" and "false" self? You say there is a difference - so what is it?
   • Who created the criteria?
   • Who decides if the criteria are fulfilled?
   • How is it even possible to separate what is one in a "real" and "false" self?
   • Bonus: which self of you is replying to my questions?
   • Bonus 2: My beer self wants a beer. But there are sub-selfs of my beer self. One is the la chouffe self, the other is an indian pale ale self. Both wants to have it their way. My compromise self decided to have both tonight. But now my la chouffe self and my IPA self are arguing who goes first. So I have to rely on my coin-flip self to flip a coin. I hope my decision self is not mad at me for flipping a coin to decide instead of asking it. But wait, I made the decision to flip a coin - so all selfs should be happy!

[Flowerfaeiry]

5 hours ago, theleelajoker said:

1.  Seems you do not recognize the humor in my post
2.  Seems you either ignored or did not recognize the main points of my post. So I ask directly:
   • What are the criteria for "real" and "false" self? You say there is a difference - so what is it?
   • Who created the criteria?
   • Who decides if the criteria are fulfilled?
   • How is it even possible to separate what is one in a "real" and "false" self?
   • Bonus: which self of you is replying to my questions?
   • Bonus 2: My beer self wants a beer. But there are sub-selfs of my beer self. One is the la chouffe self, the other is an indian pale ale self. Both wants to have it their way. My compromise self decided to have both tonight. But now my la chouffe self and my IPA self are arguing who goes first. So I have to rely on my coin-flip self to flip a coin. I hope my decision self is not mad at me for flipping a coin to decide instead of asking it. But wait, I made the decision to flip a coin - so all selfs should be happy!

Real=truth. False=delusion. You create the criteria and decide which is true or real. Mostly my ego 

[UnbornTao]

Ego is the latin word for "I." I though that's interesting.

Edited yesterday at 12:24 AM by UnbornTao