EGO means the “I” or self of any person.
A person as thinking, feeling, and willing, and distinguishing itself from the selves of others and from objects of its thought.
In Psychoanalysis, ego means the part of the psychic apparatus that experiences and reacts to the outside world and thus mediates between the primitive drives of the id and the demands of the social and physicalenvironment.
The ego is the organized part of the personality structure that includes defensive, perceptual, intellectual-cognitive, and executive functions. Conscious awareness resides in the ego, although not all of the operations of the ego are conscious.
Freud used the word ego to mean a sense of self, but later revised it to mean a set of psychic functions such as judgment, tolerance, reality testing, control, planning, defense, synthesis of information, intellectual functioning, and memory.
"The ego is that part of the id which has been modified by the direct influence of the external world. ... The ego represents what may be called reason and common sense, in contrast to the id, which contains the passions ... in its relation to the id it is like a man on horseback, who has to hold in check the superior strength of the horse; with this difference, that the rider tries to do so with his own strength, while the ego uses borrowed forces." (Freud,The Ego and the Id, On Metapsychology)
Ego defense mechanisms are often used by the ego when id behavior conflicts with reality and either society's morals, norms, and taboos or the individual's expectations as a result of the internalization of these morals, norms, and their taboos.
From a spiritual perspective, ego means considering oneself to be distinct from others and God due to identification with the physical body and impressions in various centres of the subtle body.
In short ego is leading our life as per the thinking that our existence is limited to our 5 senses, mind, and intellect and identifying with them to various degrees.
As per the science of Spirituality, our true state of existence is identification with the Soul or God-principle within us and living our day to day life with this consciousness.
As the one and same God-principle exists within all, from a spiritual perspective there is unity in all Creation. However, depending on the level of our ego, we identify with the God-principle within us.
Ego is a major obstacle in the path of man’s worldly and spiritual happiness. If our ego is high, we identify less with the Soul or the God-principle within us.
By doing spiritual practice and making conscious efforts to learn how to reduce ego, this will help us make rapid spiritual progress.
Prayer is an important part of spiritual practice that helps in reducing ego.
The ego is the organized part of the personality structure that includes defensive, perceptual, intellectual-cognitive, and executive functions. Conscious awareness resides in the ego, although not all of the operations of the ego are conscious.
Freud used the word ego to mean a sense of self, but later revised it to mean a set of psychic functions such as judgment, tolerance, reality testing, control, planning, defense, synthesis of information, intellectual functioning, and memory.
"The ego is that part of the id which has been modified by the direct influence of the external world. ... The ego represents what may be called reason and common sense, in contrast to the id, which contains the passions ... in its relation to the id it is like a man on horseback, who has to hold in check the superior strength of the horse; with this difference, that the rider tries to do so with his own strength, while the ego uses borrowed forces." (Freud,The Ego and the Id, On Metapsychology)
Ego defense mechanisms are often used by the ego when id behavior conflicts with reality and either society's morals, norms, and taboos or the individual's expectations as a result of the internalization of these morals, norms, and their taboos.
From a spiritual perspective, ego means considering oneself to be distinct from others and God due to identification with the physical body and impressions in various centres of the subtle body.
In short ego is leading our life as per the thinking that our existence is limited to our 5 senses, mind, and intellect and identifying with them to various degrees.
As per the science of Spirituality, our true state of existence is identification with the Soul or God-principle within us and living our day to day life with this consciousness.
As the one and same God-principle exists within all, from a spiritual perspective there is unity in all Creation. However, depending on the level of our ego, we identify with the God-principle within us.
Ego is a major obstacle in the path of man’s worldly and spiritual happiness. If our ego is high, we identify less with the Soul or the God-principle within us.
By doing spiritual practice and making conscious efforts to learn how to reduce ego, this will help us make rapid spiritual progress.
Prayer is an important part of spiritual practice that helps in reducing ego.
So ... Let's praying ...
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