Truth vs. Ego

[Monster Energy]

Why is the truth better than human desires? Why do you love the truth instead of the ego’s impulses toward pleasure?

 

[vibv]

Because the ego is divided and wants only - at best - one half of the Truth: The half that suits it best.

Truth annihilates ego. Ego is a temporary phenomenon. Truth > ego.

[gettoefl]

Ego's plan ends in despair, darkness and destruction. Ego's salvation is, you are guilty and I am innocent. Ego's mantra is, I am good and though imperfect God will reward my efforts. Ego projects grievance everywhere it goes and claims that grievance is due to you. Can't you see that ego does not have your interests at heart? The ego's interests are you spinning your wheels entrenched in suffering interspersed with a touch of pleasure. 

A better choice is possible. Undo ego each moment and enjoy the happiness that is your true nature.

[Ramasta9]

Because the Truth obliterates all other desires. Yet to realize the Truth, your desire for Truth must be stronger than all other desires.

Truth is Paramount 

Love Is Truth

Truth Is Love

I & I 

 

[Breakingthewall]

Because the ego is a trap, a mechanism that makes you run like a hamster on a wheel to contribute to evolutionary movement.

It's not inherently bad, but human beings aren't adapted to their environments but rather create it; therefore, the ego is always war, maladjustment, and falsehood, since it needs lies to maintain its equilibrium. In short, suffering.

The ego is inevitable, but it's better open it to the unlimited, then it's frequency changes and everything becomes open, beautiful, alive. 

Edited 2 hours ago by Breakingthewall

[Monster Energy]

5 hours ago, vibv said:

Because the ego is divided and wants only - at best - one half of the Truth: The half that suits it best.

Truth annihilates ego. Ego is a temporary phenomenon. Truth > ego.

If truth destroys the ego, maybe the ego was never strong enough to face it.

 

[Monster Energy]

5 hours ago, gettoefl said:

Ego's plan ends in despair, darkness and destruction. Ego's salvation is, you are guilty and I am innocent. Ego's mantra is, I am good and though imperfect God will reward my efforts. Ego projects grievance everywhere it goes and claims that grievance is due to you. Can't you see that ego does not have your interests at heart? The ego's interests are you spinning your wheels entrenched in suffering interspersed with a touch of pleasure. 

A better choice is possible. Undo ego each moment and enjoy the happiness that is your true nature.

Or maybe the ego isn’t the enemy. Maybe it’s just the part of us that refuses to pretend we’re something we’re not.

 

[Monster Energy]

4 hours ago, Ramasta9 said:

Because the Truth obliterates all other desires. Yet to realize the Truth, your desire for Truth must be stronger than all other desires.

Truth is Paramount 

Love Is Truth

Truth Is Love

I & I 

 

Whenever someone starts capitalizing ‘Truth’ and ‘Love,’ I get suspicious we’re drifting from philosophy into poetry.

 

[Monster Energy]

1 hour ago, Breakingthewall said:

Because the ego is a trap, a mechanism that makes you run like a hamster on a wheel to contribute to evolutionary movement.

It's not inherently bad, but human beings aren't adapted to their environments but rather create it; therefore, the ego is always war, maladjustment, and falsehood, since it needs lies to maintain its equilibrium. In short, suffering.

The ego is inevitable, but it's better open it to the unlimited, then it's frequency changes and everything becomes open, beautiful, alive. 

think the ego can cause problems, sure. But without it we probably wouldn’t have art, ambition, or identity either.

 

 

[gettoefl]

4 minutes ago, Monster Energy said:

Or maybe the ego isn’t the enemy. Maybe it’s just the part of us that refuses to pretend we’re something we’re not.

 

Yes that is the ego's playbook there. Do you want to be in turmoil every day or at peace? This kind of peace will never see war again even if it were patrolling the Strait of Hormuz today. The world doesn't change but the way you see it does.

[Butters]

The ego doesn't exist. You are different now than you were last week. All there is is states of consciousness. Ego is like a smokescreen or some evil chameleon. It doesn't have your best interest at heart. 

[Willy Phallicus]

6 hours ago, Monster Energy said:

Why do you love the truth instead of the ego’s impulses toward pleasure?

Why not both?

[vibv]

28 minutes ago, Monster Energy said:

If truth destroys the ego, maybe the ego was never strong enough to face it.

 

Truth embraces the ego, but not the other way around  ✨

[Monster Energy]

24 minutes ago, Butters said:

The ego doesn't exist. You are different now than you were last week. All there is is states of consciousness. Ego is like a smokescreen or some evil chameleon. It doesn't have your best interest at heart. 

If the ego doesn’t exist, then what exactly are you blaming? Calling something an illusion doesn’t mean it has no effect. Illusions still shape behavior.

 

[Monster Energy]

24 minutes ago, Willy Phallicus said:

Why not both?

Because pleasure often asks you to ignore the truth.

 

[Monster Energy]

15 minutes ago, vibv said:

Truth embraces the ego, but not the other way around  ✨

Then the issue isn’t the ego. It’s self-deception.

 

[vibv]

Just now, Monster Energy said:

Then the issue isn’t the ego. It’s self-deception.

 

Define ego.

[Monster Energy]

2 minutes ago, vibv said:

Define ego.

By ego I mean the sense of “I” we build around our beliefs, roles and desires. Self-deception starts when protecting that image matters more to us than what’s actually true.

 

[vibv]

5 minutes ago, Monster Energy said:

By ego I mean the sense of “I” we build around our beliefs, roles and desires. Self-deception starts when protecting that image matters more to us than what’s actually true.

 

I didn't say ego was an issue per se. But Truth is infinite & eternal while the ego is limited and finite.

Truth encompasses all egos.

It's not about what's better, it's about what is higher. Better and worse are human constructs.

[Monster Energy]

3 minutes ago, vibv said:

I didn't say ego was an issue per se. But Truth is infinite & eternal while the ego is limited and finite.

Truth encompasses all egos.

It's not about what's better, it's about what is higher. Better and worse are human constructs.

If truth encompasses everything, then why treat the ego as something opposed to it?