--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" <jflanegi@> snip > > > > > And the alternative is?:-) > > There is an ego discussion in here. Some wants to kill/destroy the ego, > if that is possible what would happen ? Whole ideologies are formed > around this way of thinking. > > Maharishi has a different approach (as usual) saying something to the > effect that the ego should expand until it reaches cosmic proportions. > > Jim, what is your opinion ? > It is a very interesting question, and probably subject to quite a bit of misintepretation, especially by The Three Stooges we have here, but I'll give it a shot:
ego = sense of self. No more and no less. A convenient mechanism so that we can subjectively identify ourselves. People sometimes say that they want to kill the ego, but what they really want to do is kill their sense of self, which prior to enlightenment can be stifling and unsatisfying and unfulfilling at times. So the way to solve the problem is to modify the sense of self, from something constricting and disconnected from life, to something all encompassing and in perfect union, perfect symmetry, perfect connectedness with life itself. Then the mechanism, the pointer that is called "ego" remains, only it is no longer pointing to something dissatisfying. The ego continues to define our sense of self, except that now the Self has become something able to bring satisfaction and fulfillment in every situation. The ego is said to become cosmic. Not out of a sense of domination or superiority, but rather because it can effortlessly take on the attributes of omniscience, omnipresence, infinity, larger than the largest, smaller than the smallest, and everything in between. There is nothing wrong with the ego, and it is impossible to kill or dissolve anyway, so, instead, we change our sense of self and we are completely satisfied with our ego.:-)
