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Recieved: 2003/02/20 14:10
Subject: [K-list] Uses of Ego
From: Lbra782595
On 2003/02/20 14:10, Lbra782595 posted thus to the K-list:
In a message dated 2/19/03 7:03:46 PM Central Standard Time, Druout AT_NOSPAM aol.com writes:
>Isn't this separating ourselves from others?
(Jason gives Hillary a conspiritorial wink)
Absolutely, the ego is a construct for manifesting the idea of separateness. In this delusion, our minds are tricked into swallowing the dualistic view that there is the"me" and there is the "everything else".
The Divine, in it's wisdom, saw fit to provide living entities with this idea for self-preservation--the metaphor of the "Lone Wolf", solitary, self-sufficient. At some point in our evolution we developed the "herd mentality" for the prey, and the "pack mentality" for the preditors. I see this as the first step out of duality, relying on common goals to bridge the gap. Then another schism imposed itself--the "us" and "them".
Now our awareness has expanded to the point that we no longer require the "them" metality. We are stepping into the idea that there is only an "us".
But as the pack/herd metalities were an expotential leap over the Lone Wolf, so the non-duality view is an expotential leap past the group metalities.
Then the final leap is to the great, all-inclusive "I" and when this view of singularity imposes itself on our consciousness prematurely, the ego is forfeit, but often goes down fighting. Ergo, K-psychosis. Thus we have dissertations by Osho and others on the need to subjegate ego to the superconscious. Ego in itself is not a "bad" thing (the term "bad" is a holdover from the pack/herd and Lone Wolf mentalities). Ego let's us interact meaningfully with our fellow creatures. Not everyone is ready to move beyond ego yet, so if they are not, we must still be able to function in harmony with them. Thus the ego becomes a tool of the superconscious mind, not a tyrannical master of a lonely fearful existence.
If we presume everyone is "there" at some level of consciousness, where does the
>sadness come from? My presumption is that everyone is awakened--that's one of the cosmic jokes.
I agree, everyone is awakened. The question is merely if they choose to live in the awakened state of slide into the comfortable isolation of ego. Ego can be quite seductive. Isolation is safe. No chance of being hurt because there is little or no emotional vulnerability. Surrender is scary because we become vulnerable, thus we have the developed the virtue of Faith to carry us through the adventure of surrender.
Christopher Lambert: "How does one fight such a savage?
Sean Connery: (smiles) "With Faith, Heart, and steel. In the end, there can be only One.
Sadness comes from our resistance to surrender. Subconsciously, we realize that we are missing something precious in our isolation. Pain and Joy are but the telltale markers of Life and if we are safe from one, we are safe from the other. It is here we begin to question the value of safety.
"Wisdom is often found in unlikely places."
Love in each moment,
Jason B
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