1. The Ego And The Self
... mind that feels, sees, smells and hears, we can trace the origins of the self all the way outside the body and into the source of the original sensation. The sound or feeling that exists inside the mind is directly connected to an event or force that is not inside the self; is this "world around us" part of the ego? On the other hand, if we think of the ego as an artificial concept ... self-interest can survive for very long. But I choose to take the broadest possible definition of self-interest, and the narrowest possible definition of the ego. Self-interest includes normal compassion ...
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