The root cause of the ego struggle is that we are afraid that our ego will disappear so we seek recognition, so that we can boost our feeling of “existence”. On the contrary, we will get angry and want to hurt others when our “ego” is diminished, so we need to take action in order to protect it. It is very delicate to notice that we are defending our ego and it’s difficult to observe it. We only feel that we are angry when we are not being recognized, but actually the root cause is that we are afraid that our ego won’t exist and there is nothing left after its gone.
We keep seeking to strengthen our ego, and different kinds of emotions will arise when this process is hindered. As a matter of fact, we can only gain freedom and love when our ego disappears.
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