Kirinroop C. Israel
Many people are striving to be happy. All over the world many of us feel compelled to grow and find a personal and collective state of joy and peace. When we face this enormous so-called challenge of becoming happier, we realize that there is no other form of growth than self-development, and that this journey is all about self-discovery.
It is common to seek answers to the questions “why” is this or that happening to me? But certainly, this leads to a great frustration as we realize there is no real or satisfying answer. We then move to a much more relevant question: “how do I become that person I want to be”, and without hesitation this dilemma encounters the greatest question of all: “Who am I?”.
Getting to Know the Ego
One of the major stumbling blocks we find on the journey of self-discovery, is the Ego. When we come to Eastern perspectives, it is frequent to find the notion of letting go of the Ego.
How does this really work? Who am I beyond my Ego?
First of all, we need a definition of Ego to give us a common ground for what we are talking about in this article. Although Psychology has made long-term attempts at defining Ego, nowadays there is a growing awareness that we must manage the Ego, along with other associated concepts, and moreover, that we must find ways of applying these ideas to our real life. In this article I will give grounded notions of the Ego and its adherent ideas so that we can learn to work with it in our daily lives.
Just as we need a vehicle to travel long distances, we need an Ego to function and navigate our way through this third dimension. Just as with our car, we don ´t always know the various mechanical parts in it and their tasks. However, we are aware that they function and serve a purpose for our car to operate. We can apply this same concept to the Ego, a vehicle made up of parts that we require to operate effectively in this material reality.
Imagine yourself floating around with no purpose, and bumping into other objects in the world with no direction. It would be chaotic! So we need a guidance system, a sense of motion, and an inner pilot to help us navigate.
The Ego is a vehicle. But of what?
The real YOU!
Picture yourself sitting inside a computer, which for this example, could be another type of vehicle. Imagine that the computer suddenly starts using YOU and begins to open programs and applications, and you have no control over it. How absurd would that be? It is just as absurd the way that the
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