Ego? No ego? - Venugopal

[Guest guest]

" If one realises on an experiential  level, that one is a spiritual

being, immortal and eternal, then the Ego disappears forever. "

 

The experiential part of your statement is one of the areas where the

Kundalini comes into the equation Venugopal. Yet even that can be

frought with identification of and with the self or ego as the

Kundalini uses the body for its soul enlightenment process.

 

It takes discernment and discipline, a form of a practice of constant

self correction. Not from mistakes but from an adoption of specific

attitudes of behavior and self thought or inner dialogs.

 

I see the ego as the inner child, impulsive, I want it my way or the

highway, inner self. Not the entire mind as I do feel there is a more

mature aspect of the mind that will gladly step aside for a blending

into the enlightened individual. Speaking for myself here.

 

I do enjoy your contributions here Venugopal. Always very informative

and stated with grace. Thank you and blessings. - chrism

[Guest guest]

chrism,

 

i felt that when ken wilber wrote " When identification spills out of

the ego and into the Kosmos at large, the ego discovers that the

individual Atman is infact all of a piece with Brahman. The big Self

is indeed no small ego, and thus, to the extent you are stuck in your

small ego, a death and transcendence is required. Narcissists are

simply people whose egos are not yet big enough to embrace the entire

Kosmos, and so they try to be central to the Kosmos instead. " that

resonates exactly with what you write about the ego being the inner

child and can be trained. its like a shift in perspective, and ego

death is metaphorical for the death of old ways of thinking, seeing,

and perceiving. though i'm sure that breaking the attachments may feel

like a real death. I say bring it on!

 

 

mikael