Re: The ego what is it? How to transcend?
What is the "ego"?
It is the 'thinker'; the purpose of which is to maintain, out of fear and desire, the temporal continuity of the "self".
In the Revelation of John, the "self" is symbolized as the "beast of the sea"; whereas the 'thinker' is symbolized as the "beast of the earth".
(There are symbolic parallels to the opening passages of the Second Meditation of Descartes.)
How to 'transcend' the 'thinker'?
It is either easy or impossible. There is no middle ground.
Just step outside of that consciousness and observe the 'movement' of self-reflection which is the origin of the space of the "self", in which case it is observed that the only function of thought is to preserve the duality of that "self".
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