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EGO is a word we hear a lot about these days, we all have one, some are larger then others, but in someway we all have one. The ego serves only one purpose, and that is to make you feel better about whom you are. That in-of-it self is not a bad thing, but the ego has no concern for others, or really for it’s self.

The ego will, and has, destroyed many a great person, all in the name of defending it’s self. The whole purpose of the ego is to self preserve it self. The ego’s job is to make you feel better about yourself, and it will do what ever it needs to do to make that happen. The ego is the voice inside of you that tells you to kick them when they are down, to make others feel bad about themselves; all in the name of lifting yourself up, making you feel better about you.

We see it all the time, and I am sure we have all lived it. We take the opportunity to use others disadvantages to our advantage. Sad but true, we here about it on the news, read about it in the paper, or we see it first hand. But we fail to see it when we are the ones doing it, we justify it, we turn it around and repackage it, dress it up to make it look better, we may even call it by different names, but in the end its all the same, it is the ego doing its job, using others misfortunes to its advantage.

Some will argue that the ego is needed, that it really does serve a good purpose. But the argument is week at best and self-serving at all times. We tend to want to hold on to that which makes us feel better. Much like any addict, we need to get that ego fix daily or we start to go through withdrawal symptoms. We start to feel the tingling of self-doubt setting in, the layers of falsehood start to peel off, and we head in to a tail spin of despair, as we try to piece back together the image of self that was created thru deception and ignorance of others.

The ego does not allow for God to truly be present in you, there is no room to serve the god within you, It clouds the spirituality in you, and hinders the divinity within you. This ego replaces the God within each one of us by edging God out. This is why, many religious scriptures, warn about the sin of pride and the sin-of-self. Always remember that the greatest battle ever is happening withing you and keep reminding yourself that pride (ego) is a road block to true happiness.