matrixmonitor - would you care to expand on these different ego definitions? Other comments inline below.
--- In [email protected], "matrixmonitor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > -Thx...I agree. > However, there are several types of egos. As pointed out by another > contributor, we can describe and define a "social ego" that includes > a collective manner of habits, and conditionings built up over a long > period of time, based largely on a predictable mode of interacting > with others. Without even narrowing the definition to a "social ego," these collective habits and conditionings are properly part of the ego using the same definition I gave in the last post. >The various types of egos are often confused and > conflated in Neo-Advaitic discussions. > For example, one statement may say, "the ego has been eradicated"; > but what's been eradicated is the notion of an internal "I" based on > a fictitious self-identity centered somehow in the mind as a type of > core. There is no such core. I would appreciate a fuller explanation of this. I don't understand you. > Nevertheless, the individual may continue to interact with others > (perhaps) in the same way as "before", with the same social ego. Such > an ego may include what many regard as perverse sexual relationships > and an usual level of greed. lol. I like your examples... however, once again I don't fully understand your point. What exactly are you suggesting changed between the before and after in your example? Thanks.
