I’ve been doing alot of thinking and reading lately about life, religion, and the relationship with our own ego.
Yoga philosophy teaches that what we perceive as real is infact illusion. We are not conscious to the real world. Our senses are overloaded masking true consciousness.
The ego starts to develop around the age of 2, I have observed this in my granchildren which has been amusing to witness. These pure and untainted souls gradually finding a voice insist on attention and demand to be heard. This is the start of the ego developing and the vail of distortion starts asending masking the purpose we are here.
I have read how religion adds to the belief associating us to part of an important group, better, more worthy and more deserving than other groups or religions…we all know this belief has led to wars and violence of mankind against mankind.
Some may be lucky and glimpse their true self and carry out their duty through selfless service but many will not. Their ego and never ending demand for satisfaction and material gain will leave them empty and unfulfilled.
I woke this morning, much like any other, to the weaver bird tapping the window and singing loadly. It had been a mystery to me why the bird behaves in this way. I went outside and realised is was infact looking at its own reflection. I then started to wonder if birds and animals had egos. Jay suggested alpha males and alpha females must… which makes sense
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