cool, i like this, helps me to organise my thoughts. how about this...... it is thru refining the ego that we will harness the god within ourselves. does that make sense to you. imagine a world where the ego exists but its managed correctly. its a necessity as a human but its a key in getting in touch with the god within you. by controlling it as a race, we would be able to communicate without ever losing tempers or feeling inadequate or being defensive. i have been giving it much thought since miamisounds thread. and i have been practising it. and its a reality. we cant lose the ego, its one of our fleshy functions, but we can refine it. and in doing so we can replace the negative aspects with positive ones. ego is a collection of emotions. i believe it is the cause of emotions. so work on allowing only the positive to flow from your ego. it leads to love and humility and peace without allowing yourself to be a doormat. still working on it so i will let you know in a couple hundred years when i have perfected it. :-) xxxxxxxx

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