Hello everybody! I was wondering if somebody could give me a clear detailed definition on what is an ego.?

Question

Hello everybody! I was wondering if somebody could give me a clear detailed definition on what is an ego.?

Answer 1

Good question! The ego = "self" image or what author of "A New Earth" be Eckhart Tolle would terms as unconsciousness. What do I mean by self image? I mean how one views, acts and perceives themselves on an external basis. This is a very shallow way of looking at one's self because instead of living a meaningful life while using our talents and creativity to the fullest, one tries to give meaning to life by acquiring things, playing roles (being inauthentic). The author of "A New Earth" refers to the ego also as "madness" not in the literal sense of in need of psychiatric help, which is so true how can we try to give life meaning? Giving life meaning would mean that life the condition that distinguishes organisms from inorganic objects is lacking something and so we have to give it meaning. Life = abundance, and I don't not mean abundance in term of material wealth I mean abundance it has no end or beginning its like a circle.

Birth and Death are usually seen as starting and end points of life but both are just a continuing process a child is born to this world = life, a person dies = (after) life. Perhaps this is why many people ponder on the meaning of life. And when one is still viewing the world through the ego(shallow view), they find no meaning and become dissatisfied and then go on and try and give life meaning. Life has no meaning, life is is just life/abundance. You may wonder if life has no meaning then what is our purpose? To experience this abundance and to bring concsiouness in all that we do.

I hope this helps.

Regards.

E.G.

Answer 2

like freudian ego?

normal: how you see your self as others would see you.

Answer 3

nope they can't

Answer 4

An ego is a strange loop.

It's really hard to explain in just a few words. You might get some insight on this from Hofstadter's book, I Am a Strange Loop.

Answer 5

your id

Answer 6

the ego is the part of you that makes the final decision. there's tree part to this the id, the ego, and the superego. the id is the negative sides, the superego is the positive side and the ego take part from the negative and the positive and makes a final decision.

Answer 7

The way i see it is that my ego ain't my amego! ~ : )

I found this on Google :

An alter ego (Latin, "the other I") is a second self, a second personality or persona within a person. It was coined in the early nineteenth century when schizophrenia was first described by early psychologists.[1] A person with an alter ego is said to lead a double life.

The term alter ego is commonly used in literature analysis and comparison to describe characters who are psychologically identical, or sometimes to describe a character as an alter ego of the author, a fictional character whose behavior, speech or thoughts intentionally represent those of the author.

The characters Doctor Jekyll and Mister Hyde in Robert Louis Stevenson's thriller Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde represent an exploration of the concept that good and evil exist within one person, constantly at war. Edward Hyde literally represents the doctor's other self, a psychopathic being unrestrained by the conventions of civilized society, who shares a body with the doctor.

The term and concept also frequently appear in popular fiction, such as in comic books, for the secret identity of a superhero, vigilante, crime fighter or villain. Related concepts include avatar, doppelgänger, impersonator, and split personality.[2][3]

[edit] Psychology

Freud said there was id, ego, super-ego. I would extend this to alter ego a state of alternative persona to those posited by reality and the super ego. Upon confrontation with reality and the requirements of the perfectionism of the super ego a person creates the alter ego. Most people live with an alter ego unknowing reality and unable to achieve the perfection of the super-ego. The need for a comforting self image coupled with dreams and aspirations drive the alter ego into existence (Randall Morton, 2008).