Happy Sunday, btw! I recall MMY referring to Cosmic Ego, which was a brilliant wrench to throw into the works, when everyone was going around trying to be ego-less.
I like that characterization, of ego as a tool, available at any point, to create individuality, focus intentions, and form convenient dualities, for action, enjoyment, and progress. Also a reminder that the horse pulling the carriage can become a bucking bronc, at any time. --- In [email protected], "RoryGoff" <rorygoff@...> wrote: > > 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 [email protected], 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. >
