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Is it really necessary to kill the ego?
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[quote:Anonymous Coward 71287187:MV8zMDY1Nzk5XzU0NTExNTc5X0RDNTU5NTky] The ego is a glutton. Its selfish. It needs to be leashed and overcome. Needed when needed and told to shut up and sit down when not. Its needs to listen when told to be quiet. Not necessarily killed. [/quote]
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I see this a lot in certain teachings that talk about killing the ego.
I get that we are all from one source, yet at the same time we are all separated from it.
Wouldn't killing it defeat the purpose of experiencing a separate reality?
Don't higher beings also have an ego of sorts?
I get that many people identify and live strictly from the ego forgetting who they are, but I don't think killing it is the answer or healthy in this reality.
It seems to be a tool for the spirit to express itself and not something that needs to be killed or demonized.
Any thoughts?
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