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Ego-- harmful delusion or pragmatic necessity?

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Ego-- harmful delusion or pragmatic necessity?
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RE: Ego-- harmful delusion or pragmatic necessity?
May 3, 2015 at 1:48 am (This post was last modified: May 3, 2015 at 1:49 am by bennyboy.)
Hmmmm. Anatta sounds a lot like the OP.

I wonder now what ego is. Is it just the awareness that with sights and sounds, "someone" is watching those sights and sounds? Is it a world view where memories and concepts are attached to a name? Is it an expression of selfish instincts? Or is it another word that gets too slippery to hold much meaning upon close observation?
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RE: Ego-- harmful delusion or pragmatic necessity? - by bennyboy - May 3, 2015 at 1:48 am

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