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Originally Posted by peteyzen
The thing is, when you tread a spiritual path whatever it is, there are different levels, we are all at different places in our development. The aim really is to go beyond our human condition and remember our true nature, this requires taking on and controlling our human ego. This can only be done with humility. The problem is our egos shape shift into our spirituality, that's when the problems start and recognising this is the real skill
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The simplest definition I've seen for 'ego' is that "it's a sense of I am," and that was from Jung. The go is all kinds of things to all kinds of people, including the very Victorian 'root of all evil' and mostly that comes from Spiritual people who are trying to be the epitome of Spirituality. Spiritual people have egos too, even the ones who claim 'ego death' - which is the Victorian definition of 'ego' itself.
We came from Spirit to become human and have the human experience/learn the lessons. What does that tell you? The focus of Spirituality is to run away from what is human and Spirituality is a human framework, not a framework of Spirit.