[Heretic]

well folks I know ego has become a dirty word on this thread, and although I am not going to go kill myself because I want ego transcendent enlightenment, I also see ego as a gift

essentially if balance is our goal per the law of one then ego must be attended to just as much as the surrendered states of oneness

without the ego we would not see ourselves as separate at all

and without that separateness we would not have a dualistic experience we chose to have, it was planned was it not?

wasn't that the point in the first place, to embrace ego (division) to learn?

to die and be in the oneness, to only choose to incarnate again separated

and finally when incarnated...to only admonish that separateness and strive back towards unity

seems kind of like seeing the grass as greener on the other side of the ...er fence no matter which side of the ...er fence your on

no I don't propose feeding the ego only, but to ignore it seems counter productive, and like it or not we all do it anyway no matter how hard you try or like to think you dont, even those sexy monks

only the most dedicated can conquer it, and Deoxyan is simply questioning that ideology IMHO

I give, I love, I cherish, I am

these are good things IMHO and would be impossible without the ego

I also realize I could be absolutely wrong

my two cents