Hello all thanks for your sharing and experiences
Interesting opinions here. About the ego i look like it is selfcreated and its us. Created out of the need to survive and to be able to exist as a beeing. In a World/perception where you learn what you can eat where its safe to sleep what is dangerous and friendly you get teached this mostly from the very begining from your parents. Ego also is, not egoism, the part which is conciouss in the unconciousness of its higher self, means you are aware of what you want of what you be and have no fear to show it.
This ego is like the voice that says you to dont give up when you dont have a good mark in school, when you fall to stand up again or in a contest when you sing do sports do maths draw etc to do even a little bit more then usually to be successfull. But also is the voice which says when we are aware we cant swim to dont jump in the water or when we are aware we cant fly to dont jump from high because we might hurt us. Which would cause pain so we fear it because its a perception. Ego by itself is fearless. So it can help us to jump over our own shadow and leads also to evolution.
a nice example maybe why do alot people try do so much effort to get conciouss about the unconciousness^^ -reasearches, taking time for our self, talking about these, showing so much love to other things and and and
We do these things for others but/and also for our self.
Successfull in our society means to be better when others you got a A you become a doctor, judge someone respected. You got a F you failed you are dumb you dont get a job you are just anotherone on the street. Many know how nice other people can be when you win, did your job well, or got a A but also know maybe the words why you dont do better, you are lazy or even you are for nothing good.
In our society the system knows how to manipulate the ego of the people in a way that they try or want things even so hard that they are even able to kill. They show them things what the people dont have so they dont look on what they have already. So most people do want these things(new clothes techniques films musik sex and and) because of their ego and they cant get it mostly in the same time, which causes problems. When you can manipulate what people want you can control them by their ego. The most easy way is fear because our ego will do its very best to protect and shield us from outside. Some fully live in this system and dont have the time like some of us have to get aware of.
Its also our ego saying us when the world looks so bad why we dont make it a better place.
Our ego now is I, seperated from our higher self. The I wants to grow and experience everything, some things looks bad others good. Because we are used to judge things we dont know it any better and cant see the beauty in it. Like the Bad guy will deny the good part in him and the good guy will deny the bad part in himself.
Become oness with all like we are all one get aware of our higher self the I becomes I AM also caused me trouble in understanding like i can't be myself anymore and have to be like every other one. There are infinite possibilitys it might feel like give yourself up or loose yourself you can resist but you dont have to. From my experience the ego is the willpower you dont get connected just by a coincident its you who still can decide this and also to stop it. A way to do so is to chooce love. Imagine you are just love feel it be it and dont fear, nothing can harm you. Some people tell you you have to use special symbols, mantras, chacras or need years of practice for good karma its in our believesystem. Universal laws are very nice help. Some things are also good we dont know yet because we all have powers which are beyond of what we are able to take responsibility for yet. Dont worry be happy(thanks) things will naturally come to you when you are ready.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlfKdbWwruY my ego tells me i wanna be part of this too, enjoy