Freedom From Ego
The basic problem of the ego is whether what is sought is freedom for the ego or freedom from the ego.
It is quite clear that a sage has to live the rest of his life, after he has had the full self-realization, as the same separate entity that he was before. How then can he say that he truly sees no separation between himself and the 'other'? There is a problem! How can the ego - which is identification with a particular name and form as a separate entity - be destroyed and yet live as a separate?
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In other words, it is obvious that a sage continues to live his life as a separate entity, and therefore he must have an ego. How can there be an ego without the sense of separation? Such a contradiction it seems cannot have a solution, and yet there is a simple answer. The sage does see a separation between 'himself' and 'other', but only as the separation between two separate instruments, through both of which the same energy functions and brings about whatever is supposed to happen according to a Cosmic Law.
When the sense of personal doership is thus removed from the ego, what remains is only the identification with a name and form, a totally harmless ego, a mere instrument through which life happens. It is the sense of doership that causes meaningful separation and when that is destroyed, no real separation exists.
The freedom that is sought is really not freedom from the ego, but freedom for the ego from the sense of personal doership.
It is quite clear that a sage has to live the rest of his life, after he has had the full self-realization, as the same separate entity that he was before. How then can he say that he truly sees no separation between himself and the 'other'? There is a problem! How can the ego - which is identification with a particular name and form as a separate entity - be destroyed and yet live as a separate?
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In other words, it is obvious that a sage continues to live his life as a separate entity, and therefore he must have an ego. How can there be an ego without the sense of separation? Such a contradiction it seems cannot have a solution, and yet there is a simple answer. The sage does see a separation between 'himself' and 'other', but only as the separation between two separate instruments, through both of which the same energy functions and brings about whatever is supposed to happen according to a Cosmic Law.
When the sense of personal doership is thus removed from the ego, what remains is only the identification with a name and form, a totally harmless ego, a mere instrument through which life happens. It is the sense of doership that causes meaningful separation and when that is destroyed, no real separation exists.
The freedom that is sought is really not freedom from the ego, but freedom for the ego from the sense of personal doership.
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