Merle,
"Ego" is/was a term born of Dr. Freud's thought.
Better that we don't use it, here. It's too modern, and too dopey.
In Buddhadharma, one speaks of a "self". That's a word with a "history": 2600
years and counting.
--Joe
> Merle Lester <merlewiitpom@...> wrote:
>
> having listened to tolle this morning..
> i am brushing up on the word ego...
> it appears "ego" has a negativity attached to it..
>
> when in reality it is all part and parcel of the mind..
>
> what i gather it is important to keep the mind in balance...
>
> any thoughts on this group?..merle
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