Particular Identity
Every ego has a particular image or identity. With some it
is very obvious and with others it is very subtle.
We also have a general image or identity.
It may be that we wish to be friendly and kind and for the most
part we are (very good). However, the identity that each “I” has can be, and
quite often is opposed to this general identity.
The “I’s” of pride, envy, jealousy, anger and lust can have
very different identities to our general identity. Sometimes though is the
level of Being of the person is low, there is not a great difference.
We Don’t have to Accept this Identity
Working on ourselves though we change and so we can firmly
affirm to ourselves that the identity of each ego is cruel or nasty then why
should I accept that identity when my identity is something nicer and I am much
more comfortable with that?
For example, the identity of lust, is that of a very pushy,
selfish, disobedient and actually nasty type of a person. It is an identity
that wishes to take advantage of another person, without much consideration.
Here we can discover that we really don’t like a particular “I”,
and that is good news because what we don’t like we end up naturally getting
rid of.
End (1993).
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