The Ego seeks to only satisfy the pleasures of the Mind and flesh. It seeks to fulfill itself through the idea of what it is seeking and not the reality of it.
When the Ego wants physical or spiritual love, it must seek through ideas, images, opinions and beliefs to search for them. Ego does not know them, it is dead to them unless a symbol or label is presented to it that it understands in an idea.
Ego knows no reality other than the idea it uses to seek for something to possess it. It is almost a lifeless presence with the insatiable desire to find fulfillment in ways that it never can. It is nonlife seeking expression as life. It is the ultimate idea of self, yet separate from the reality of self. It is the mind believing it is all that exists.
If you live from your Ego, you will never find life, fulfillment, peace, love or understanding. You will aggressively search for them in all the faces and ideas that life presents you, but you will never find them by trying to possess or control them.
The Ego is all that is in opposition to what is real. What is, is within you and you do not need an Ego to find it. The Ego cannot find what is real, because it is itself not real.
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That last line is fabulous, Catherine. It even had me thinking of your president-elect.
Good morning -evening C.J, I hope you have had a better day today? Yes, the ego belongs to the human mind so can only relate to notions and ideas which it uses to form belief based identities. In this realm of comparison and contrast it grasps for external validation because of the illusion of separation and the fear based indoctrination of those who govern us. As you point out in yesterday's post, conscious awakening is the means by which the ego can meet its more expansive soul. Sending love and hugs to you.🙏💚