ED, A perfectly reasonable and intelligent thing to do, yes.
Mike ________________________________ From: ED <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wed, 2 March, 2011 1:45:58 Subject: Re: [Zen] Change Mike, Therefore, talking seriously, I take it that you agree with me that when a person says 'ego' and I ask him which 'ego' he is referring to, and provide him with choices from Google/Internet, because of my desire to communicate with him in a meaningful way, that that is not an unintelligent thing to do. Yes? --ED Related phrases: alter ego ego trip et in arcadia ego super ego ego ideal ego psychology ego surfing ego trippin ego shooter Definitions of ego on the Web: * an inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others * self: your consciousness of your own identity * (psychoanalysis) the conscious mind wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn * Id, ego, and super-ego are the three parts of the psychic apparatus defined in Sigmund Freud's structural model of the psyche; they are the three theoretical constructs in terms of whose activity and interaction mental life is described. ... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EGO * In spirituality, and especially nondual, mystical and eastern meditative traditions, the human being is often conceived as being in the illusion of individual existence, and separated from other aspects of creation. ... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ego_(spirituality) Find definitions of ego in: Czech Dutch English French German Italian Korean Portuguese Russian Slovak Spanish all languages --- In [email protected], mike brown <uerusuboyo@...> wrote: ED. Oohh, I love love it when you're so commanding. But actually, I wasn't "talking seriously" about anything. The definition you gave of 'ego' will do nicely tho. Mike Mike, The outcomes of self-enquiry cannot be communicated without acommon understanding of key words used in describing the outcomes. It appears silly to talk so seriously about subjects when we we do not have a common agreement about what we are talking about. --ED > ED, > > I'd prefer self-inquiry over a wiki search, but yes, that definition will do > ; >) > > Mike > Mike, > You use this definition of 'ego', yes? > In spirituality, and especially nondual, mystical and eastern meditative > traditions, the human being is often conceived as being in the illusion of > individual existence, and separated from other aspects of creation. ... > en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ego_(spirituality) > --ED > > ED, > > > > Yes, it is a Self-evident truth for those who have insight into the > > question > > 'Who am I?' or who have stopped falsely identifying with the ego. If > > there >is > > >no > > > > individual self and no thing that stands outside of existence - then what > > is > > left? I guess this is a bit of a trick question as we can't say what it is > >(what > > > > is named the Tao, isn't the Tao) - we can only work by negation (what we're > > not). > > > > Mike
