Ego

[Surya]

Id like to explore this subject with you. There are two things in particular I’m curious about:

- real vs. false ego 

- how do these manifest?

 

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[stirling]

I'd be curious about your definitions - real vs. false ego. From my perspective ALL ego is a delusion. Would Self vs. "self" also meet your criteria?

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ātman_(Hinduism)

[Lairg]

I am wary of definitions

 

from Old French defenir, definir "to finish, conclude, come to an end; bring to an end; define, determine with precision," and directly from Medieval Latin diffinire, definire, from Latin definire "to limit, determine, explain," from de "completely" (see de-) + finire "to bound, limit," from finis "boundary, end" 

 

Sometimes it is better to be open-ended in meanings

 

 

 

[Forestgreen]

9 hours ago, Lairg said:

I am wary of definitions

/...  .../

Sometimes it is better to be open-ended in meanings

That would make the topic very hard to discuss. 

[Lairg]

Not necessarily.  

 

It may be possible to describe experiences, views, even experiments without requiring the full understanding that a definition implies

 

If enough tangents are drawn, the circle will be obvious

 

 

 

 

[forestofclarity]

I will propose that anything which appears as a changing, limited object is false.