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Originally Posted by Dive Bomb  I believe it is very coherent. I think the difficult part about understanding these concepts of reality is comprehending something beyond the ego since that's what most of us have only experienced.
It's hard to picture my identity suriving without being who I am in the real world. That's just in my experience, it may be easier for others.
I think your explanation of awareness was well thought out. To be aware, I guess you don't need an ego or external identity. |
Our ego is just a manifestation of our thoughts, just as Rosie said. That being said, I don't think awareness needs an ego. I see our ego as a second "me"; you have this world, the here and now, as buddhist call it, and you have your thoughts and feelings. But I don't think those come from the here and now, they come from your ego, at least your ego lives those thoughts and feelings. Yóu don't. You only exist in the here and now. I think you are aware when you know you are, and you know your place in the here and now.
You state you find it hard to picture that your identity survives without your ego. That makes sence, according to my views of reality: ones identity dictates our thoughts and actions. Our values, our feelings, our opinions.. this describes our identity. And those values, feelings, opinions, you name it, they dictate what we do. Concluding, for me, they are part of our ego. Not of our real being in the here and now.
But I guess that's my view of reality, and I haven't really thought about it for hours and hours yet
