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Originally Posted by The Cloud  But they are usually separated at two different concepts, practically speaking. "I" usually is associated with all the things we consider to be good about ourselves, and "ego" is created to cover all actions contradicting the I.
The division is purely arbitrary; one could reverse the associations of "I" and "ego" very easily, saying that I am holding the ego down instead of vice versa. But neither is true, the truth being that neither exist because both are concepts. The frustrating thing being that even such a statement of truth is not strictly true, but only points to the possibility of truth. |
It's fruitless to judge either as good or bad because as you say, how would you know the difference?
The concept of "I" to which I am referring is the whole mind, body thing, and the ego is a just a concept of the mind. I can exist independantly of ego but can ego exist independantly of me?