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That many egos then go rogue is a sort of social cost of reifying this tool as an identity. It is *not*. You need your ego for safety. It is not you, will never be you, and you don't need to take it so seriously when it's not doing its primary job.

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A properly assigned ego is a very small thing. It shows up occasionally to offer feedback ("this offends me") or guidance ("that would hurt"), but does not pretend at agency.

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Cinder

@Triquetrea

Jul 7, 2020

I understood it to be a sort of "ego is enemy" framework, common when rubbing up against outsize egos (one's own or that of others). My idea is that this is giving ego a lot more power and importance than it merits, and is also an unfair dismissal of a useful tool.

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Cinder

@Triquetrea

Jul 7, 2020

Right. In my perspective that would be an example of a maladaptive egoic activity, rather than ego per se. Still, I agree fully within the scope of your framing.

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Cinder

@Triquetrea

Siloing and dissociation.

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Cinder

@Triquetrea

Jul 7, 2020

Like I said, I think ego is just a navigation tool. A compass, a barometer, whatever else it needs to be. Outside of this scope, of aiding in navigation for the body and mind, it is behaving in error.