How about Edge God Out.

Ego can be good or bad.

To much Ego - unsufferable and hard to get along with.
Not enoughe Ego - everyone elses carpet.

balanced ego - Ego/Id

Enabling
GOd's
/
Impressive
Design

well

if ya tell the taxi driver where

ego there and drop you off

for a price

Asking about the nature Ego, GhostRecon writes:

" How about Edge God Out"

Or taking left-handed shots at people who don't believe in Allah? Or
whomever or whatever the person implying those who they find lacking for
not believing in what she conceives G-d to be?

Tut, tut. I believe this skirts the edge of good posting guidelines.

-Kerry O.

Wow, I liked that, Adventure. Will have to remember that one.
Thanks.

The word ‘ego’ has cloudy meanings because of it’s many uses. I
basically means to have a sense of self, or individuality, which is not
necessarily a bad thing. However, it is also often associated with
having too much self-importance or arrogance which is a bad thing.

With respect to its fundamental meaning most humans feel a sense of self
and individuality because of the very nature of our physically separate
minds and bodies. So in this sense all humans have a sense of ego or
‘self’. This is perfectly natural and not a bad thing if it’s not taken
to the extreme.

However, that sense of self can be paramount in how we view our
existence. When it comes to philosophies and religion the importance of
the self can play vastly differnet roles.

For example, religions that view their God as being external to the
world (having a self or ego of its own), tend to reinforce and
emphasize the importance of the human ego. In fact, these types of
religions preserve the ego into the afterlife. They view God as a
separate entity and all humans as separate entities not only in this
physical world but in the spiritual world as well. The individuality of
egos are preserved for eternity.

Other religions that view their God as being internal to the world (not
having a separate self or ego of its own), tend to feel that our
egotistical nature is merely an illusion brought about by our physical
condition in this life. They tend to believe that in an afterlife the
spirit rejoins as a single contiguous entity. This ‘many-in-one’ or
‘one-in-many’ view is beyond physical logic it is a spiritual notion
that many physical human beings have a hard time comprehending.

The sense of ego is very strong. There is a feeling that if we lose our
ego, we lose our ‘self’ and if we lose are ‘self’ we lose everything
that is important to us. In other words, having a sense of self is a
very important feeling for humans. It is so cherished that there is a
great tendency to want to preserve this sense of ego into an afterlife.

There are many books written on this subject. Most deal with Eastern
Mysticism because these religions see the self as an illusion that is
created by physical existence. There are many theories as to how the
self is dealt with in an afterlife. Is there more than one self in the
spiritual world? Does there need to be? Are we all manifestations of
the self of God, or are we entirely separate entities from God, which
would implies that we are indeed individual Gods in our own right?

I have had many dreams concerning the nature of an afterlife. Some of
them were so real I almost feel like I have been there. Of course, my
dreams do not imply any real knowledge of any afterlife, my dreams could
be nothing more than my own imagination and nothing more. However, the
interesting thing that emerges from my dreams is that it is possible to
imagine a scenario where all is one, yet a sense of individuality still
remains.

I don’t want to share a dream here because it would take too much space.
But I would like to share a brief description of the nature of the
spirit as it appears in my dreams. When in the spiritual form there is
no physical body. Therefore there is no physical delimitation between
spirits, yet there is still a sense of physical individuality. In my
dreams spirits are orbs of light. And even though they appear as
separate orbs they can pass through each other and even merge together
or separate. So in my dreams the spiritual world exists in a type of
3-dimensional space of sorts only without the restrictions of physical
matter. This is probably due to the fact that my brain is preconceived
to think 3-dimensionally.

From a cerebral point of view there is only one mind. All spirits know
the thoughts of all other spirits. It’s like you can instantly know
precisely what any spirit is thinking and you also know that they can
read your mind. But there is no feeling of invasion of privacy because
there is also an overwhelming sense that all spirits are of one mind.
In other words, your thoughts are my thoughts and vice versa. So in a
sense we are all thinking the same thoughts. Thoughts don’t actually
‘belong’ to anyone, in fact there are no ‘individuals’ to own thoughts,
yet there is still a strong sense of self. But this feeling of self is
primal, it’s not a feeling of arrogance or self-importance at all. It’s
more just a feeling of central existence.

Finally, there is no ‘egotistical’ godhead in this dream, nor is there
any hierarchy among the spirits. The sense of egalitarianism is
overwhelming. The feeling is extreme security, total love, and the
absence of any idea of a threat. In fact there simply is no though of
any threat at all, like as if such a notion simply has no merit.

There is much more to my dream, including a means of reincarnation. In
fact, reincarnation is what spirits do. It is their sole purpose.
However, they aren’t thinking in terms of being reincarnated on Earth.
There are an infinity of world in which to become incarnated into, and
time is totally meaningless so a spirit can be incarnated into any world
at any time. Being reincarnated on Earth is of course one of the
infinite possibilities. The choice of reincarnation is entirely up to
the spirit being reincarnated. No spirit is forced to do anything.
There are no threats of any kind in the spiritual world. At least, not
as it exists in my dreams.

Ego is Greek for the word I. If you want a better understanding of the
work read Ayn Rand's "Anthem." Hmm... read yeah right, more of the
people on these threads would rather burn books than read them!

EGO

The world is mine
I own it, it is in my command
The sun rises each morning as I wish it
The moon and stars shine clear at night
Because I care to see them
The seasons change because I believe they should
And the leaves on the trees in the Autumn breeze
Turn colors, all at my command.
There are hurricanes and tornadoes in my anger
And there is fog and rain in my sorrow
There are snow storms for the children
So I can see them laugh and play in drifts of white
When I have had enough of people
I create wars, tho' not to kill everyone
For in a mood of great passion I will
find cures for dreaded diseases.
These same diseases that I have created.

I am great, I am loved
I am harnessed within each human
And, as I wish it, I am subdued
By the waking personality.

I AM EGO

"Ayn Rand's "Anthem."

Hummm... Good book I read that one for sure. Quite poignant for today
too.