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“Ego, the self which he has believed himself to be,
is nothing but a pattern of habits.”
Alan Watts
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My two cents: Our true self, soul, divine presence, is the same since birth, our shining light.
He/She stays mostly hidden because we concoct this identity figure, our “Ego”, that hogs the conscious stage.
Common sense and neuroscience tells me, he/she is a created myth.
How do we know this?
In observer mode, I can watch the thinker work.
Who is it that is observing the thinker?
Not the thinker (Ego), must be the power of our being.
Our true self, soul, divine presence is the Observer.
A healthy Ego is essential for wellbeing in limited quantities.
Our “Ego” was made for identity, a way of differentiating us from them, not the captain of our ship.
Do not promote an Ego, who behaves like a petulant adolescent at times to supreme leader.
Observer does not judge, he/she exists in present moment, empty of thought.
It is our default position, so we can take an unbiased look at our “Ego’s” latest judgments.
We see reality, clearly in observer mode.
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