Question of the day: am I ready for ego death?
Discussion
What do you mean?
After ego death we can act more from our higher self, instead of the egotistic self. Itās an upgrade :)
Who are you? That's your real question.
Trying to kill your ego is simply acknowledging its existence. As Lao Tzu said, āHe who knows others is wise; he who knows himself is enlightened.ā
Temet Nosceš«”
Interesting, and correct!
Awareness and recognition have been the first step. But just to know thereās an egotistic is not enough to not act from itā¦ thereās now the discrepancy between knowing better but not able to actually do it, hence ego death might be needed, indeed.
Have you ever seen the movie "Revolver?"
I don't recall that I have!
Screenwriter Luc Besson is making it look promising!
It's all about the ego... Although you don't realize it till the end. Highly recommend at least a one time watch. He wrote it in response to "Fight Club"
I don't think the ego can be killed directly. By attempting to destroy it, you focus on it & ironically give it more power.
What you might want to try is starving it of it's sense of separateness.
Fight your internal judge & victim. These are the 2 aspects that the ego depends on for seperation. Comparison is food for the ego & also the thief of joy.
I agree. Ego canāt be ākilledā completely as we need it to operate still if we follow school of Freud.
I guess for me at this point itās more about how do I drive actions from the higher self (which is above the 3 aspects from Freud) and not the egotistic self.
Life without an ego will be incredibly boring and I guess I like fun too much still š
The Best time to kill your ego was 20 years ago, second best time is today
The book, Letting Go by David Hawkins comes to mind...
or...
"Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate." - Carl Jung
As for me personally, not ready yet as it still fluctuates wildly but I understand this is just my current season. The only thing I'm certain of is...
...is that Love is the answer ā”
You are appreciated, btcviv š
r though ā”
