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diff --git a/content/entry/ego-traps.md b/content/entry/ego-traps.md index 8f6361d..7c51c08 100644 --- a/content/entry/ego-traps.md +++ b/content/entry/ego-traps.md @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ date: 2020-08-02T00:00:00 draft: false --- # The Ego -Before I get into ego traps, I need to explain what the ego is. I made a post previously about [the self](/2020/05/02/the-self). But, for this post, I'm going to give a simple definition. Ego is the sensation of "I". Ego is your idea of yourself. When asked to describe yourself, the ego is what you're describing. The ego is your "persona" that you display not only to others, but that you yourself believe. It's incomplete. This has to be true because consciousness can never be an object of itself. +Before I get into ego traps, I need to explain what the ego is. I made a post previously about [the self](/2020/05/02/the-self/). But, for this post, I'm going to give a simple definition. Ego is the sensation of "I". Ego is your idea of yourself. When asked to describe yourself, the ego is what you're describing. The ego is your "persona" that you display not only to others, but that you yourself believe. It's incomplete. This has to be true because consciousness can never be an object of itself. Notice that I don't say it's inaccurate, just incomplete. You can never know exactly who you are. This is because, as far as we know, systems can't simulate themselves. It always leads to infinite regression. Let's use a computer system as a thought experiment. |