(12-22-2013, 06:02 PM)zenmaster Wrote: Very simply, the ego is not inherently unconscious, therefore identification with thoughts is not ego.
Is the perceived function of the Ego not a result of Identifying with certain thoughts/beliefs?
Quote:Identification with thoughts is one activity with which an unaccepting ego may engage.
Right, but it also seems as though the unaccepting qualities of the Ego is a result of prior identification with certain thoughts.
Quote:The ego is our focal point of consciousness or seat of consciousness.
It seems to me as though the Ego acts as a filter through which the underlying consciousness/spark of awareness can make focus through when interfacing within 3D.
Or are you stating the underlying awareness which identifies with the thoughts is the Ego? Just trying to grasp your perspective here (You stated an 'Unaccepting Ego', which in this context would mean 'Unaccepting focal point of consciousness?'
(12-22-2013, 06:02 PM)zenmaster Wrote: that which was unconscious becomes conscious and the perspective and activities of ego simply changes.
This seems to be the crux of it.
As an expansion of awareness is made, and that which was prior unconscious is now made conscious, is not the role of the Ego as we commonly define it to be essentially dissolved? At the present our Ego Identity (My Name/Label, being Female/Male, Tall/Short, Likes/Dislikes, Job/Role etc are thoughts/beliefs given by society) is who we define ourselves to be from the aspect of being 3D and manoeuvring therein. As we see ourselves more from what was previously unconscious facets of the Self (Or rather acting from the perspective of the Higher Self consciously through the various faculties available), the activities of the Ego lessen, eventually dissolving (Takes a backseat perhaps as more decisions are made using higher faculties (E.g. Intuition)) as the veil between conscious/unconscious is removed.