The ego is the organizing principle upon which thoughts and interpretations of the world are based.
According to Freud, “the ego is that part of the id which has been modified by the direct influence of the external world. …The ego represents what may be called reason and common sense, in contrast to the id, which contains the passions… it is like a tug of war…
Mind thoughts; I wish for you, thoughts from your heart today
Amazing when you look back on your life and think about all you thought you knew then add new knowledge of how your mind “ego” had its part.
I was sitting disappointed from communications with a dear dear loved one. This came to mind. Do you ever find someone’s listening is tainted by who they think you are? Drawing on their experiences from their past. It is hard to communicate when they cannot hear you for who you are in the current moment when time together has gone by so long. People change and grudges keep you in the past-we all have choices important to remember. The Ego can really mess with an authentic self and desire for a peaceful life. Identify your ego thoughts (mostly Imagined thinking) from your heart thoughts (that real feeling) then choose. Less Ego more peace in allowing your heart to guide you. Find a balance for yourself of the two, that feels most comfortable.
Have you realized yet that the stories your mind makes up when you are facing an unknown? Often causing you suffering, anger, and fear that was not even necessary other than to exhaust you and cause bad feelings-why do we do this?
When your life or world around you collapses, dies, goes away and you are left there unknowingly in the middle of a Sea or naked in a desert seeking anything familiar like a shirt or a shoe to help you get back to where? Only time will tell. Been learning the power time holds, and what I want to grab hold of with these years of knowledge and experiences. I am not so willing to grab at just anything.
We tend to grasp and identify rather than to observe, witness and understand things as they are. When you are just admitting that there is this feeling of confusion, that there is this greed or anger, then there is an honest reflection on the way it is and you have taken out all the underlying assumptions – or at least undermined them. words are taken from here…http://www.buddhanet.net/4noble5.htm
I drove to Couer d’Alene the other day and was seeing the variety of Cars as a representation of the people in our society. Since I drive a gas saver I always wonder why and how the big v-8 people do it as an everyday commute rig, I found it interesting but I will stop here.
My thoughts were wondering why in school we do not analyze ourselves from the information of the dispositions of our Parents and Grandparents. Thinking this might give us a good start in understanding our “self”. I know when I shop for my Ponies I look hard at what the Dam (Mother) and Grand dam were like. Today I thought back to once I read that our welfare was breeding a society that would take over our County-what a thought. So I found this and thought it was interesting…https://www.sciencedaily.com/releas…/2019/…/190517081636.htm I am always amused by the number of Studies that are done.
You know “What gets my goat” Besides that is an odd saying. Is when people in a relationship or friendship, even acquaintances act on an assumption of another person or you without communication. That they can be so sure in their own head about you without a word and take a negative action I think is what I am thinking. Not like a Surprise Party. If more people could get out of their own heads and talk I believe the world would be a better place-just my opinion.
When you are angry, most likely you feel someone was to blame for making you feel angry. REALLY?! no one can make you do anything you choose not to, simple. The hard part at times is to accept the responsibility that it was your choice to be Angry. If it was your choice then why? Does it feel good? What is it that you want from it over time? If in a relationship fight, stop, think how will this look tomorrow will we look back? do we really need this fight? Why are you? let go of suffering emotions like jealousy, lower your expectations, be grateful for what you have, and be forgiving, not everyone is like you. Be careful it is not your head-talking ego that you are listening to feel bad, causing unhappiness and confusion. Try listening to your heart over your ego for more peace-I have found. If it feels good in your heart then do it, peace be with you.
Self-love is needed to share love, so when is self-love not your Ego and your ego, not self-love? I will “Ask a Witch”
let’s assume the Ego is the core to most mental discomforting thoughts such as jealousy, expectations, anger, hate, and more. I found this interesting video on Ego
8-22 Currently while living with just myself I have seen and let go of much ego. Not sure why but when I was young and people smiled when there was nothing funny, I felt their smile could not be sincere. Well, I now have found that sincerity for myself over the past months. Now I smile when no one is around and it is just from my Heart, being grateful!!!
10-23, I wonder about possible similarities in (our later in life) the (difficult one) ego and Our Ancestry genes. This began from a thought, wondering if my (hard to say) thoughts seem to me. I have a need to fret, to the point I see myself making something up just to fret. Now why in the world would I want to do that , I asked myself, said smiling.
11-9-23 Copied this from web with link, I found out here in the Super Ego is our Ancestor and Parents; In psychoanalytic theory, the id, ego and super-ego are three distinct, interacting agents in the psychic apparatus, defined in Sigmund Freud‘s structural model of the psyche. I also found this interesting,
In Freudian psychoanalysis, the pleasure principle (German: Lustprinzip)[1] is the instinctive seeking of pleasure and avoiding of pain to satisfy biological and psychological needs.[2] Specifically, the pleasure principle is the animating force behind the id.[3]
The ego is the organising principle upon which thoughts and interpretations of the world are based.[23]
According to Freud, “the ego is that part of the id which has been modified by the direct influence of the external world. …The ego represents what may be called reason and common sense, in contrast to the id, which contains the passions… it is like a tug of war…
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The ego is simply a way for us to understand and attend to ourselves, at the same time as we understand and attend to the world around us.
In most spiritual circles, the ego gets a pretty bad rap. The reason for this is that the ego, to some extent, is the principle in our psyches that separates us from one another, while spirit is the principle that shows us that no such separation exists. Sometimes the ego is depicted as an almost demonic figure that keeps us from realizing our true nature. But at its most basic, the ego is simply a tool that helps us organize the various aspects of our personality so that we can function in the world. In this sense, the ego is simply a way for us to understand and attend to ourselves at the same time as we understand and attend to the world around us. The ego is a tool that we use to navigate the world.
Perhaps the problem is that the ego sometimes gets out of control. This happens when the higher self loses control of the psyche. The psyche then falls under the leadership of the ego, an entity that was never meant to lead. The ego is meant to be definitively in the service of the higher self. When this relationship is functioning, the ego is a useful intermediary representing the whole self but not thinking that it is the whole self. Then, it is almost as if the ego is the self playfully pretending to be the separate entity called “I.” Like an actor, the ego plays the roles that the world asks us to play in order to be part of the program. In this way, the ego can be a tool enabling us to be in the world but not of it.
As long as we are in touch with our higher selves, our egos are not a threat. They are simply useful tools in the service of spirit. We keep our egos in check when we continually nurture our awareness of who we really are. Then our egos are free to serve without trying ineffectually to rule. It is healthy to have ego, but like all things in life, ego functions best when it is in balance and harmony with your whole self.
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