Yes, absolutely! And really, without the Ego -- in some sense of the word anyhow -- there is Nothing! That's the beauty of it all; jiva IS atman,and atman IS Brahman!
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, doctordumbass@... <no_reply@...> wrote: > > ...they all look like ants from up here...LOL > > Seriously, I developed a saying about such a phenomenon, when I first noticed > it working for the TM Movement: > > "Unbounded awareness is great, but enough's enough!!" > > In other words, at any stage of development, the ego wants to call it mine. > However, the momentum for this reflex action is deep seated. The ego is a > pretty amazing tool, if used as such. After all, it has been the motive force > for the evolution of form, experience, and individuality, forever. From > amoebas or parameciums, viruses and stuff, onward. The individuality of each > lifetime serves as a spur for the next, times a jillion or so. Ego is > essential for each one, codified as instinct in mammals, birds, fish, > reptiles and insects. > > So a human, believing fully in him/herself, ego fully localized, is the > highest developed animal on the planet. Only when the ego is set up as our > rightful tool, placed precisely on the altar of surrender and transcendence, > do we learn about the Divine path available only to human beings.
