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Originally Posted by BlackWigger  Yeah, but you get some positive feelings too. It balances itself out for most people. That's why I can't see why live life without the ego. |
There are definately positive feelings, things like possession, relief, desire, fleeting satisfaction, and similar. They are rarely good, and never last long, and even while you are having the feelings, there's the pain of knowing they won't last long. Happiness, joy, peace and contentment are barely felt in the ego, as temporary echos of the real thing at best. Soon they fade and there's emptiness left.
Behind the ego are the deeper feelings of love, peace, joy and contentment. They are real and vast, but they need to be earnt. Disolving the ego is not the end of emotion, but barely the first step in real freedom when it comes to life and emotions.
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That's what I thought when I was entering high school. Seriously, if I couldn't handle high school, I'll be even worse off in college. Especially if you knew what kind of high school I went to - it's not like the regular US ones, it was like an engineering school and almost everyone was a guy and, in my class, smarter than most people. (it was an IT and electronics course basically)
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College is harder, in terms of classwork and requiring good study habits, but otherwise it's a breeze. No set periods. No having to socialise with people you don't like. No set opening and closing times. Far less classes, but more work. It's fantastic.
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See that's the problem... I'm not sure why I want that. I thought that without the ego, I wouldn't want it as badly. But I would still like to have social skills, you need them to live life imo. And to advance, too. I know that it doesn't really mean much in the end, but if I ever got a purpose in life, it would be improving.
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Without the ego, the pain of wanting it and not having it would be gone. You'd still be free to develop social skills, but the suffering would be missing.