Cause of ego

[FallingLeaves]

that is why I say, a cup full of cola can't hold other fluids lol....

[vortex]

Originally Posted by Redchic12

My feeling is that ego is not a bad thing and sometimes we need it in order to achieve our dreams and feel vitality. However, I believe the ego is just a tool but we shouldn’t let it control us.

the way i see it especially we shouldn’t let it control us.

[Elderon]

Originally Posted by green1

Hello,
Which one is the cause of ego?
1. Ignorance
2. Lack of self-love

3. Believing in falsehoods

[green1]

Originally Posted by Elderon

3. Believing in falsehoods

To me this is "ignorance".

Thanks.

Originally Posted by green1

Hello,
Which one is the cause of ego?

The reality of death causes the ego….

[green1]

Originally Posted by Molearner

The reality of death causes the ego….

There is no death. So what you say may be a misunderstanding i.e. ignorance. We are all ignorant.

Originally Posted by green1

To me this is "ignorance".
Thanks.

This is true IMO……that is why I mentioned death….I could have expanded on death to more precisely say that the fear of death is the cause of the ego….and it is ignorance to not be aware that life is eternal….ego is present as a survival instinct because of our failure to realize that life is eternal…..

[Hemera]

Originally Posted by Redchic12

My feeling is that ego is not a bad thing and sometimes we need it in order to achieve our dreams and feel vitality. However, I believe the ego is just a tool but we shouldn’t let it control us.

Absolutely. The mind is a great servant but a terrible master.

But the ego is, I believe, necessary for the first part of life when we are learning how to adapt to the world. I strongly agree with Carl Jung's views on this. Unless a person is deeply spiritual from a very young age, like Adayashanti seemed to be, it's important to build a healthy ego to function and keep us grounded. It's later on that we can in some instances begin to transcend it's limitations.

[Nikos1982]

While I agree that a sense of separation from the whole can be a cause of ego... I have to question "What is the whole" ?

I think that without an "I" identity to "be", there 's no sense of a journey... or in other words of the journey being a journey....

P.S. For me life is not eternal, and in a way that bears the fruit of our existence to begin with.... or 'having begun'......

[Nathaniel]

Originally Posted by Nikos1982

While I agree that a sense of separation from the whole can be a cause of ego... I have to question "What is the whole" ?

The whole (or God) to me, is pure potentiality.

In other words absolutely everything that can ever exist and at the same time absolutely nothing.

Creativity itself.