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Originally posted by ARTelevision
the ego
in other words, the person who we think we are
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Imagine all the people
Livin' life in peace . . .
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world . . .
You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope some day you'll join us
And the world will be one!
We must lose the ego, but in the process be very careful not to regress to a preegoic state. We must remember that there is pre-ego, ego, and trans-ego. Not ego, and non-ego states. When people start elevating pre-ego tendancies to the trans-ego level, or reducing trans-ego states to mere pre-ego states the problems begin.
"Pre-egoic impulsiveness is not trans-egoic spontaneity" Trans-egoic has met with the ego, and has accepted it's enduring qualities while shedding it's problems. Pre-egoic is just blind, not some sort of trancendental bliss.