What's the point of casting away egoic distortions?

[benny]

They are presumably put into place to maintain survival, and often to maintain happiness. One could even argue that certain egoic mechanisms can be leveraged to grow and improve your lot in life. So why should I cast them away? To see reality unfiltered? Well what does that do for me? Is it simply Truth for Truth's sake? Does life become better when ego and its distortions are shed?

[Sahil Pandit]

@benny What if you've deluded yourself and you realize it when it's too late? 

[Zigzag Idiot]

2 hours ago, benny said:

They are presumably put into place to maintain survival, and often to maintain happiness. One could even argue that certain egoic mechanisms can be leveraged to grow and improve your lot in life. So why should I cast them away? To see reality unfiltered? Well what does that do for me? Is it simply Truth for Truth's sake? Does life become better when ego and its distortions are shed?

@benny That's a good point. Awakening is painful.

As a hypothetical-

Whats laid out in Beelzebub's Tales To His Grandson is that kundalini feeds our imagination and this very customized thing keeps us asleep. When we really see "the terror of the situation" we can never sleep comfortably again. 

Kundalini has to be processed through 3 Centered Awareness for it to become it's rightful substance - "Holy Prana" 

From a Egyptian Sufi named Dzoû’l Noûn, who lived in the 12th century:   “All men are dead, except those who know. All those who know are dead, except those who practice. All those who practice are dead, except those who act. All those who act are lost, except those who act with righteous intent. And those who act with righteous intent, are all in grave danger.”

@Sahil Pandit How late is too late?

 

 

[ground]

8 hours ago, benny said:

They are presumably put into place to maintain survival, and often to maintain happiness. One could even argue that certain egoic mechanisms can be leveraged to grow and improve your lot in life. So why should I cast them away?

How could I know for you?

[peanutspathtotruth]

@benny The very mechanism that brought your ego structures into existence did so to save you from too much pain. This happened when you were an infant. It is a natural process.

The problem is, by partitioning your experience you also lost the connection to your own true nature. This resulted in a loss of trust, love, peace and clarity. These things, as well as joy/happiness, are intrinsic in yourself. How can an illusion be more helpful for what you call happiness? 

We are no infants no more. We can take the pain. By facing it, you can return to what you were once connected to - your true self.

This doesn't mean you go to war against your ego structures. It means you observe them and see what they actually are. If you really look and let experience unfold, these questions will fade away.

[Barna]

Are you the distortions or the awareness of them? 

You don't have to cast away anything, you can enjoy the distortions until you're utterly bored of them.

There's no need to rush the awakening, you have all the time in the world to enjoy anything you want.

[Hellspeed]

On 21.12.2018 at 4:34 AM, benny said:

They are presumably put into place to maintain survival, and often to maintain happiness. One could even argue that certain egoic mechanisms can be leveraged to grow and improve your lot in life. So why should I cast them away? To see reality unfiltered? Well what does that do for me? Is it simply Truth for Truth's sake? Does life become better when ego and its distortions are shed?

Follow your Heart, you will automatically discover what is what, in time.