Basha: The Responsibility of the Ego
Original Bashar Bashar 2023-06-28 15:18
Video: https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/2JF-qOSm1QtODbSHi6cDkA
Q:
Is the ego necessary?
There are many different viewpoints, like some people say, eliminating the ego, and so on
Basha:
This is funny. Let’s laugh for a while first
Q:
I know.
Because without the ego, we cannot survive and experience life
Basha:
The ego is simply the physical personality that allows you the opportunity to experience yourself as a physical being
The ego is just a materialistic personality structure, allowing you to experience yourself as a material life entity
That’s all.
As we once metaphorically used to say, the ego is like a diving mirror.
When you decide to dive into the sea, if you want to see clearly at the bottom of the sea instead of being vague.
So, you need to wear a diving goggles to do it.
This is the ego.
Now you can let go and not experience the negative ego But you can’t let go of the ego as long as you are physical
You can let go and no longer experience a negative ego, but as long as you have a body, you cannot let go of the ego.
Q:
There is still a difference between a positive ego and a negative ego, right?
Basha:
Yes.
The positive ego just has one function to allow you to experience physical reality as clearly as possible
The positive ego has only one function, which is to allow you to experience the material world as clearly as possible.
It’s just the structure you call the physical mind that allows you to know yourself as a physical being
Its structure is what you call the material mind, and its purpose is to let you know that you are a physical entity.
The negative ego is what happens when you give the positive ego too much to do beyond what it’s designed to do
You make it think it has to control everything
That would be as silly as saying that the dividing mask should have the job of telling you where to go and what to look at
No
It’s just that when you decide where to go and what to look at, the dividing mask gives you a clear vision of it
But when you decide where you want to go and what you want to see, the diving goggles can let you see clearly.
It does not have the responsibility of Figure out what you should do and when you should do it
But when you think that your physical mind has those responsibilities that it has to control everything every single moment.
However, if you believe that your material mind (ego) has these responsibilities, and it must be in control of everything at all times.
Then it comes over burnt and it comes the negative ego that thinks it’s more than it needs to be
So, it will become overloaded and become a negative ego, believing that it must do things beyond its scope of responsibility.
But the ego is just a device to allow you to experience yourself as a physical being
That’s all it is.
Sananda 