by Parsec13 on February 27th, 2008

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I think the ego is the reason for most of the trouble people have, it is why we feel insulted, hurt, cheated, embarrassed, have low self esteem, poor self image, etc. etc. How much ego do we need to survive and why should we be so sensitive?

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by dragonlady on February 27th, 2008
I suppose how much depends on how 'enlighted" we are..

A Buddhist viewpoint:

"In the case of people without insight into the nature of consciousness, the mental activity is in the center of consciousness. Every thought creates a new center, a new identification which is the ego -- there is nothing else there. We cannot talk about “one” ego but rather about a flow of conscious or semi-conscious events, being capable of operating in a relatively integrated way. This is the function of the ego."
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- i wouldn't identify the 'ego' as a quantifiable thing or a place or something that can be managed consciously as we might manage a math problem or spell a word...everything experiential is deposited in the conscious and/or unconscious mind where might be found the 'source' of ego, how much we are in contact with this embodiment of ourselves i guess would be how much we are in contact with our 'center', the measure of 'enlightenment'...i wonder if we are even aware of much of this construction? seems like i have gotten away from my own question, lol, ill give this some more thought, thank you much for your response dragonlady, parsec
  
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- You're right and I quite like your 'interpretation' above, I suppose thats exactly it though, most of us are not aware of whats being "Deposited" as such, its all mostly subconscious. There are so many factors that influence the process and how much of it we "consciously" control in our daily lives points to our 'enlightenment'? I think if one makes the effort you can manage or try to manage the process as if it were a quantifiable thing, as you put it x
  
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by LARRY on February 1st, 2009
Remember a cell as its penatrated it immediately starts dividing growing developing as DNA provideds all from two people this cell with recieve information from with in and after birth enviorment how the parents treat each other does another teacher walk this earth or a madman 1933-1944? That precious cell to the grave needs all the sanity as parents can give our prison system is full of damaged souls from failed parenting.
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