Thursday, March 14, 2013

More/ Less/ or No Ego


"More is the ego in a person, more love he needs to be at peace."

This statement in my mail-box, set me thinking.........

I look at ego (a Latin word which simply means 'I' in English)  as the ego-personality of my current incarnation (my experience/ action state), which has been very carefully chosen by my soul+ mind+ spirit entity (my home state), while keeping the larger picture in sight (an example which comes to mind is my favorite actor Aamir Khan choosing a particular role in a movie after deliberating over each aspect of the character being portrayed, the script, other characters in the script etc).....

I ( mind+soul+spirit entity) has taken an embodiment with a particular ego-personality which gets shaped by circumstances and situations in a particular incarnation- (all part of the script)- while carrying samskaras from previous incarnation- (flashbacks).

So, when does ego become 'more' or 'less'? When does it disappear?

Is 'more ego' akin to 'over-acting' and 'less ego' akin to 'almost natural acting'? Does 'no ego' mean 'no acting'?

If Aamir Khan does over-acting (God forbid), his movie will be a flop (a failure), but if he does almost natural acting (which is what he does), the movie will be a roaring success!! But if he does no acting at all.....and just remains Aamir Khan, whatever may be the requirement of the role, no director would ever sign him up!!.....Unless of course, he is assaying the role of Aamir Khan itself- playing himself as he is.

Similarly, if we remain (mind+soul+spirit entity) without an ego-personality, we cannot remain in embodiment. Embodiment comes WITH an ego-personality.

If you have to work in a movie you HAVE to act according to the requirement of the role; unless you are playing the role of you as you....Similarly, if you have chosen an embodiment, you have to have an ego-personality and act as whoever you have chosen to be; unless of course you have chosen to play the role of you as you- an Avatar la Rama, Krishna etc.....:))

If I was to put the above phrase in perspective.........I would say, "The more suppressed/ shadow aspects in a person; More love s/he needs to be at peace." .............Does this resonate with anyone???

However, I would also like to add that 'more ego' may mean more masks to cover all the suppressed/ shadow aspects........and 'less ego' may mean being almost natural/ authentic/ spontaneous/ completely in tune with the original personality you have chosen for this incarnation...:))) 'No Ego' is not possible in human embodiment!!

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