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Originally Posted by Kapitan_Prien
8. I like my ego.
Popular spirituality and common lightworker parlance takes a page from the book of Eastern philosophy (and distorts it heavily in the process) by declaring war on the ego. Ignore it, repress it, deny it, kill it, get rid of that ego!
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It makes no sense because trying to get rid of ego and externalizing it from yourself, only creates more ''selves''. It may sound attractive to externalize all your vices and create your own inner demon, but all you are left with is facing it in the end. Why not completely drop the belief in ego altogether? Rather than trying to get rid of your ego, acknowledge it's a part of you (whatever it may be according to your own definition).
A professional football player can't say his weaknesses (say passing) is not a part of him. He can't start with nothing nor can he battle his weakness. The only thing he can do is acknowledge he may be lacking in something and try to improve it because it improves his performance.