Developing a social memory complex

[Anders]

Anders....right! So, we use the ego to learn something about ourselves. It does have it's benefits. Not many but some.

I would say that the ego has huge benefits. It's the ego that has developed our current human civilization, all the way from agriculture to iPhones. The "fall" of humanity was the separation from undifferentiated oneness in the "garden of Eden", and then humanity ate fruit from "the three of the knowledge of good and evil" meaning development in duality as separate individuals. Sin means to miss the mark, meaning missing oneness and experiencing separation. This has allowed the development of a unique civilization.

However, now that the ego has served its role it needs to be discarded and humanity returning to oneness by harvesting the valuable things produced by the ego throughout our history.