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Is it really necessary to kill the ego?
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[quote:StarBorn88:MV8zMDY1Nzk5XzU0NTEyNDMxX0E1OTUxRDdE] [quote:Anonymous Coward 71139972:MV8zMDY1Nzk5XzU0NTEyMTg2X0RFQ0U5M0ZF] You need to live in peace with your ego, balance is the key to everything..The Ying and the Yang. The ego is just a survival tool, without the ego you die. Allot of people let the ego control them and become the ego eventually, that is very dangerous and also why our world is in such a bad place. [/quote] This seems to make the most sense... integrate the dark side and not let it rule over like most people running around do. I like to compare the ego to a sword. It can be used as a tool to cut the rope that binds us, or it can be used as a weapon to kill others. Getting rid of the sword completely for fear of it taking over doesn't seem to work from my experience. [/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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