(April 13, 2012 at 11:33 pm)Bgood Wrote: The problem ego imposes is that it separates us from others. Ego still serves a functional purpose for the brain. Ego is like an application of evolution that enabled us to become the society that we are today, but it has now become cumbersome and outdated due to further progress. The ego is self serving and inherently fearful. With meditation, cognitive awareness and holistic responsibility, we TRANSCEND the mundane ego and realize connection with the All, the universe,or nothing, or whatever you want to call it but a fucking Christian God.
You come off as nihilistic when you say that without ego, there is no mind. There is more to life than your own petty thoughts of it. You are right in saying there is nothing, but that is a necessary aspect of something.
You come off as delusional if you think you can retain your mind after letting go of your ego. It is your ego that gives rise to your cognitive abilities. It is ego that has been the cornerstone of every progress made. Your philosophy is self-defeating. You advocate destruction of ego by merging its identity with something else and call it transcendence. True transcendence for an egotistical entity would mean going beyond what its ego currently is - encompassing more, not less. You cannot make the ego greater by cutting it down and merging it with nothing.
Tell me, since ego is what brought us where we are and surrendering it has never been shown to work, why would we do so? On your assertions?
