/kind/ - Random Acts of Kindness

I'm not sure whether or not killing the ego is a good thing. Maybe it's necessary to exist in this world. On the other hand, some people seem to do fine without it.

>>521
It seems to be the easiest solution to the "game" played out today.
The top "players" are dominant through exploiting one's "desires"

>>517
I think have a fairly sized ego is healthy in most scenarios. Going through life without any idea of yourself or ambition is more of a limbo or null-style hell than some salvation. At least to me in my opnion.

I just take it easy.

The first step is to accept that the ego is an illusion. There is no "you" or "I" that persists from one moment to the next. There are only different sensations, memories, feelings, perceptions the mind falsely tie together into a single identity. This identity is the source of our suffering. When you genuinely realize this truth you will experience ego-death. Intellectually grasping this idea and genuinely knowing it in your heart are seperate things. That's the hardest part and there's no easy guide for that.

>>843
cool idea! but there's a problem here. if the ego's an illusion, and the mind exists, what would it mean for the mind to die? think about it. you can't have one without the other!

>>841
I have no idea and only take parts of these philosophies that kinda suit me, so I may be talking out of my ass, but my thoughts on this are:
Ego death doesn't mean you walk around the rest of your life like a vegetable, it's gaining and living with the knowledge that you aren't different from anybody on a spiritual level and as a result won't get emotionally upset because of something that happens to.You can still have ambitions for example, but won't despair should they not come true. It's like a near-death experience, you gain a whole new way of looking at things for the rest of your life.

>>846
I misspoke. The mind is just as illusory as the ego. We intuitively link together different fleeting mental states and tie them together with a single shared identity and call it mind, or ego, or self or I or me. Fleeting pieces held together with psychological duct tape.