7/ The ego perceives all correlations between actions and Expected Emotional Outcome as constant…
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I focused on a particular aspect which seems to me to be the most damaging consequence of ego-based behavior, long term.
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Within this context the ego seeks to maintain itself as a constant to the detriment of the person's existence, well-being and flourishing.
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The larger point is that the ego is the very antithesis to life, as reality is anything but fixed, certain or constant.
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The expected negative emotional outcome in the short term is perceived as real as long as one remains within the boundaries set by the ego.
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As you correctly pointed out, the outcome of any experience is fundamentally unknown, and this is crucial to understand in this context.
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The ego is afraid of being invalidated by the outcome of that experience; it is afraid of being proven wrong.
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The more one relies on a static representation of self/reality as a crutch, the more they are afraid of that safety being swept away.
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