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Originally Posted by mercuryrising  The Matrix is based on the Hero Myth that Joseph Cambell designed. Star Wars was based on the same plot. You probably already knew that. You sound like someone who would be into these things. The Hero Myth is a story that can be found in almost every culture, the story of Christ being one of them.
Christ, Buddha, Neo, Skywalker: these are archetypes in the collective unconscious. The most important archetype in my opinion because it is the image of God within you or the seed of enlightenment sprouting into full bloom.
The ego, IMO, is the conditioned self. The person you are told to be by society and I would agree with you that our instincts and senses are manipulated by society. I'm not one to say you need to get rid of the ego, rather transmute it into the above archetype... however you envision that. All of our instincts can be transmuted for a higher cause. The sex drive for example can be re-routed into creative endeavors. |
I didnt know that actually mate !
The Ego is the idea you are a human being, you are special, different to other beings/people, you are seperate, you think for yourself, you have free-will, ...the ego is the notion of you being a seperate entity.
If a cell in your body had an ego, it will think it is a special cell, different to others, etc ... but you will know it's just part of the bigger whole, playing its part.
Read my posts on the thread called "the Ego".
In the end ... there is a duality, mind/body. The mind (consciousness) has found a habitat within the body.
dont view mind/body as seperate things however, they are just in natural balance, in harmoney with each other and the rest of the universe. if it wasn't in harmony then it would not be!
on a closing note: they say to understand the Universe, you just need to look within yourself.