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diff --git a/content/entry/why-you-cannot-get-rid-of-your-ego.md b/content/entry/why-you-cannot-get-rid-of-your-ego.md index 32db310..f2946f6 100644 --- a/content/entry/why-you-cannot-get-rid-of-your-ego.md +++ b/content/entry/why-you-cannot-get-rid-of-your-ego.md @@ -2,9 +2,8 @@ title: "Why You Cannot Get Rid of Your Ego" date: 2022-05-08T00:00:00 draft: false -makerefs: false --- -I'd like to clarify the idea of "losing one's ego", a concept I mentioned in my last entry, Thoughts on Spirituality[1]. +I'd like to clarify the idea of "losing one's ego", a concept I mentioned in my last entry, [Thoughts on Spirituality](/2022/05/04/thoughts-on-spirituality/). First I need to define the word "ego" because it's used in many different ways. When I say "ego", I don't mean "egotistical" or "egomaniac". I'm talking about the "I", the supposed unchanging center to experience. It's the thing that feels emotions, has moods and thoughts, senses the senses, and possesses a body. @@ -21,7 +20,3 @@ The second level of awareness comes after you lose the feeling of being a subjec You are just as free of ego when you're completely lost in thought as you are at this second level of awareness. The illusion of being an ego can come and go, but you're always egoless. You just don't recognize it all the time. So if you want to be pedantic, you shouldn't say "ego death", but instead "death of the ego illusion". I hope that clarifies things. - - -Link(s): -[1: Thoughts on Spirituality](/2022/05/04/thoughts-on-spirituality/) |