Guest guest Posted January 16, 2007 Report Share Posted January 16, 2007 With all respect to all of you guys...Maybe I'm just stupid? I've been listening to my Zen instructors (and all of the other Yogis and Gurus) and I still wonder about ego definitions and explainations. What you (and they) say makes sense in some ways... But, I have seen rabbits have intercourse until they (or their mate) die. I see all types of animals try to kill for sex, food or territory... I have spent my life observing humans and other animals in action... The main difference in human nature and the other species? I haven't seen much. Humans have more interesting mass destructive war tools. Humans have TV/computers/newspapers/radio and Jerry Springer. But, from what I see; we all act about the same. I'm as close to my Parrot as I am with my other Kids (except the Parrot thinks I have a slight language barrier). Personality? Desire? I see that desire comes from the way we are programmed by environment and genetic memory. I'm not arguing any point, but I feel that if I lost all ego I would starve to death as I lay in a pile of my own waste... So, how much self are we supposed to let go of???? Like I said, I've been around over a half century and this one still does not register! Make me understand losing ego-- and you may get the Noble Peace Prize for " Instructing (very) slow learners in esoteric thought " . Peace! :) SC Kundalini-Awakening-Systems- 1 , " a_seventh_son " <a_seventh_son wrote: > > > > So Ego would be focus on self vs. focus on stuff like spiritual and > > others needs, yes???? > in my opinion you're confusing the desire nature and the personality > with ego (which is the real conscious and reasoning self). Ego is the > intellectual principle of selfhood, it only becomes selfish in > connection with the personality and desire nature, and becomes a > tyrant when disconnected from reason (which is its root- principle). > > > Wouldn't the wild animal be totally focused on self? > > Focused on survival/sexual gratification/ shelter/food... > > stuff like that? > not really. the animal basically is stimulus- and response- driven. > to the animal an 'emotion' is a disturbance of a natural state of > balance or contentment, a signal that something needs to be done. > we're the idiots that drive experience in order to create an emotional > reward or punishment for ourselves, and indulge those experiences. > this basically just puts us on the perpetual hedonic treadmill that > most people call life. > > cheers, > -brian > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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