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 4:46 am

Isn't ego the part of your brain that wants stuff all the time?

Child ego: I want this mummy and this and this!

Adult ego: I want this, and this and this...
Rest of adult brain gags ego and leaves it locked in the cellar after accepting the drudgery of life and blows its brains out.

OK that was a bit stronger than I intended. I meant to say we accept we can't just have what we want Tongue

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Ego-- harmful delusion or pragmatic necessity? - by bennyboy - April 27, 2015 at 5:48 am

RE: Ego-- harmful delusion or pragmatic necessity? - by henryp - April 27, 2015 at 5:02 pm

RE: Ego-- harmful delusion or pragmatic necessity? - by Mudhammam - April 27, 2015 at 5:39 pm

RE: Ego-- harmful delusion or pragmatic necessity? - by Surgenator - April 27, 2015 at 7:00 pm

RE: Ego-- harmful delusion or pragmatic necessity? - by Pizza - April 27, 2015 at 7:18 pm

RE: Ego-- harmful delusion or pragmatic necessity? - by bennyboy - April 28, 2015 at 12:47 am

RE: Ego-- harmful delusion or pragmatic necessity? - by Surgenator - April 28, 2015 at 2:20 am

RE: Ego-- harmful delusion or pragmatic necessity? - by Angrboda - May 1, 2015 at 11:25 am

RE: Ego-- harmful delusion or pragmatic necessity? - by bennyboy - May 1, 2015 at 7:22 pm

RE: Ego-- harmful delusion or pragmatic necessity? - by Angrboda - May 2, 2015 at 1:54 pm

RE: Ego-- harmful delusion or pragmatic necessity? - by robvalue - April 28, 2015 at 6:13 am

RE: Ego-- harmful delusion or pragmatic necessity? - by The Grand Nudger - April 28, 2015 at 10:54 am

RE: Ego-- harmful delusion or pragmatic necessity? - by henryp - April 28, 2015 at 12:51 pm

RE: Ego-- harmful delusion or pragmatic necessity? - by JuliaL - April 28, 2015 at 1:26 pm

RE: Ego-- harmful delusion or pragmatic necessity? - by bennyboy - April 28, 2015 at 7:01 pm

RE: Ego-- harmful delusion or pragmatic necessity? - by henryp - April 29, 2015 at 3:27 pm

RE: Ego-- harmful delusion or pragmatic necessity? - by Hatshepsut - April 30, 2015 at 9:30 am

RE: Ego-- harmful delusion or pragmatic necessity? - by henryp - April 30, 2015 at 9:59 am

RE: Ego-- harmful delusion or pragmatic necessity? - by robvalue - May 2, 2015 at 3:34 am

RE: Ego-- harmful delusion or pragmatic necessity? - by bennyboy - May 2, 2015 at 4:53 am

RE: Ego-- harmful delusion or pragmatic necessity? - by robvalue - May 2, 2015 at 5:08 am

RE: Ego-- harmful delusion or pragmatic necessity? - by Mudhammam - May 2, 2015 at 5:30 am

RE: Ego-- harmful delusion or pragmatic necessity? - by bennyboy - May 3, 2015 at 1:48 am

RE: Ego-- harmful delusion or pragmatic necessity? - by Mudhammam - May 3, 2015 at 2:11 am

RE: Ego-- harmful delusion or pragmatic necessity? - by robvalue - May 3, 2015 at 4:46 am

RE: Ego-- harmful delusion or pragmatic necessity? - by bennyboy - May 3, 2015 at 5:48 am

RE: Ego-- harmful delusion or pragmatic necessity? - by Edwardo Piet - May 3, 2015 at 6:06 am

RE: Ego-- harmful delusion or pragmatic necessity? - by The Grand Nudger - May 4, 2015 at 7:32 am

RE: Ego-- harmful delusion or pragmatic necessity? - by Edwardo Piet - May 6, 2015 at 4:34 am

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