ego death vs being at peace

[Living-jism]

Just wondering whats everyone's opinion on enlightenment is?

Would you rather pursue the goal of ego death or would you accept the peace of being happy with the state your at and just try to do good even if your actions may be affected your ego "feeling good or bad"?

[Mumm Ra]

cant say what id rather do because i already pursued ego death
while im not going to pretend that it's 100% gone by a long shot, it's the most rewarding thing ive ever put my mind toward by far

[Mumm Ra]

btw the thread title is a little misleading
ego death is peace

[The Void]

Read a trilogy of books by David Hawkins entitled; Power Vs. Force, The Eye of The I, and I: Reality and Subjectivity.

They are pretty much about how much the ego controls and how to use higher levels of conscious reasoning to counter it. I have for the most part and feel free about 90% of the time from it but sometimes it still comes around because of the society we live in.

[Living-jism]

This shit is pretty hard, although you do recognise the conflicts every day and tries to actively fight them!

[Sense-A]

Having a big ego has been a part of hip hop for a long time.

[ALCATRAZ]

ego death may be peace but i'm pretty sure it don't feel peaceful upon ur first visit lolz

[Urban_Journalz]

Personally, I think both ego death and peace of mind are both two sides of the same coin if you're talking about the road to enlightenment. Both are necessary steps. I couldn't have peace of mind, knowing what I'm capable of when I look at my ancestors and then not trying to pursue the same capabilities. But then, I can't reach those abilities until I kill my ego.

[Edgar Erebus]

And when you kill your ego, what remains?

[Mumm Ra]

unlimited possibility
oneness

[Living-jism]

I am getting better now Yoga, fitness programs and smoking shit load of weed I am really receptive to all my young Indie rocker friends now Gonna help them

[Edgar Erebus]

unlimited possibility
oneness

Too abstract, elaborate please. Unless you meant "being a psychological cripple".

[Mumm Ra]

oneness (peace) -
the ego is basically something that declares "you are separate from all things (nature, universe, ect)"
when this isn't essentially true
i like to imagine during a state of no ego one might experience the world around them as parts of their Self in the same way you are made up of cells...organs...limbs, ect (oneness)

unlimited possibility -
if you are capable of removing your ego
you can place anything at will in it's place (i never said ego was bad) without having an attachment to it and while knowing that is not your true self
theoretically you should be able to manifest any personality trait at will

(the definitions of ego can differ quite a lot so i hope that made sense)