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Originally Posted by MikeS80
Did they hold onto their egos? Or did they simply not ignore and/or dismiss their egos?
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I would say they held onto their ego, or rather held onto their sense of self, individuality, and personality. Just look at some of the greek gods, they had actual lives, events that happened and control over certain things. Eg. Morpheus is greek god of sleep and dreams
How could it be any other way, if he can control sleep and dreams, then he has so much knowledge and wisdom on the subject which might be what allows him the control over it. Being able to remember what he learnt, and using that control implies he still has ego.
I think closer they get to source/creator/god, as they get closer they become godlike, and the opportunity is there to merge and become unified with God but they have chosen to remain close but not merged into unity, they could probably merge at any time they want but in doing so lose complete sense of individuality as you can't be a drop of water when you are part of the ocean, you are then just water and not an individual drop. You can't have individualized thought inside a unified field as it disrupts the unity, you would get disconnected from the unity having a thought of your own that isn't in unison with the greater collective.