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WindWalker
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since 2001-10-12

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0 posted 2006-04-06 11:49 AM

Walking down a path by the river,
I started to think about ego:
do I really need my ego?
(I must have asked out loud)
just then an old man passed by,
I thought I heard him say:
“Ego is part of us all,
part of the Earth personality.
It is what experiences
the physical world around us;
it should not rule one’s life:
that is not it’s purpose.

That is how I see my ego,
(he continued on)
but hey, what do I know?
I’m just and eccentric old man.

So, we’re told to gag our ego
but why stop there?
Let’s stop all personal motion;
cancel intellectual activity.
Why not just hand over
all personal accountability
to some external authority?
There are experts in that field:
God, Government, Banker, Boss –
There are many to choose from.

Or we can take full responsibility
for our place in the scheme of things.
We can find the positive side of life
and decide to move with that flow.
Be our own friend,
our own master,
our own creator.

How foolish to think
one can live without ego:
all of life is on an ego trip –
if it weren’t, it wouldn’t be.

Earth Angel
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since 2002-08-27

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1 posted 2006-04-06 12:01 PM

Life is an id, ego, and super ego trip!

~ We just have to be careful that the ego doesn't get so super that we end up tripping over it!

I really enjoyed this, WW!

Love & Light,
EA

Midnitesun

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since 2001-05-18

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Gaia

2 posted 2006-04-06 07:18 PM

ergo, where go ego, I go?

sandgrain
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since 1999-09-21

Posts 3662
Sycamore, IL, USA

3 posted 2006-04-06 10:33 PM

Dr. Wayne Dwyrer says E - G - O stands for Edging God Out because it usually does. I did like this piece.

Rae

Honeybunch
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since 2001-12-29

Posts 7115
South Africa

4 posted 2006-04-07 07:44 AM

I can go with "Edging God Out" but as with all things its a question of balance. We cannot deny that we are possessed of an ego - perhaps need it to survive - but it's up to us how we use it. Enjoyed your ponderings!

ThisDiamond
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since 2002-02-22

Posts 9353
Michigan, USA

5 posted 2006-04-07 07:56 AM

Thought provoking, as all of your works Windwalker. We were given the tools to survive. The key is proper use. To understand that, we must see what we have as it was meant to be seen, and use the tools as they were meant to be used.
To do so, is to celebrate in gratefulness all that we have been given.

LeeJ
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since 2003-06-19

Posts 13296

6 posted 2006-04-07 08:09 AM

Ego, in psychoanalysis, term denoting the central part of the personality structure that deals with reality and is influenced by social forces....

I have to agree with Linda...adding...this was a thought provoking poem...

all within reason, trying not to hurt others...

XOx Uriah xOX
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since 2006-02-11

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Virginia

7 posted 2006-04-07 08:37 AM

Very interesting write. As always.
I like what Wei Wu Wei said... We do not possess an "ego". We are possessed by the idea of one.

Earth Angel
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8 posted 2006-04-07 08:55 AM

I just popped back in to add that I have heard that "the I's have it"!

~ Oh, oh! I think that should have been "The ayes have it!"

EA

passing shadows
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since 1999-08-26

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9 posted 2006-04-07 02:24 PM

definitely thought-provoking

I like it

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