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'''Stance on ego and identity'''
'''Stance on ego and identity'''


1. The term "ego death" refers in modern days to the release of our self-identification and self-esteem that stems from it, but it is also the release of our need to guard it from harm and our propensity to see the world through the lens of our imagined identities. People who define themselves, for instance, by their political inclinations, social standing, skill set, or overall perception of physical attractiveness, will engage with the world as members of these groups and defend these abstractions as they defend themselves. It is a falsehood to associate one's own self-entity with these things because they are external to us, they pass by and don't require our attachment. Our true selves are the perceptions of our senses, feelings, and thoughts, as well as our ability to judge, choose, and have willpower. The real you is the one who makes decisions and is persuaded of certain things. Everything else is not a part of who you are; it is something you can find practical or enjoyable while it is available. It is not a fundamental aspect of who you are.
1. Ego death refers to the release of self-identification and self-esteem, as well as the need to guard it from harm and the tendency to see the world through the lens of our imagined identities. People who define themselves by e.g. their political inclinations, social standing, skill set, or overall perception of physical attractiveness, often engage with the world as members of these groups and defend these abstractions as they defend themselves. It is a falsehood to associate one's self-entity with these things, as they are external to us and do not require our attachment. Our true selves are the perceptions of our senses, feelings, thoughts, and ability to judge, choose, and have willpower. The real you is the one who experiences, makes decisions and is persuaded of certain things, while everything else is not a fundamental aspect of who you are.
 
We are entities with thoughts and opinions that we associate with ourselves, these associations of ourselves with our thoughts and opinions creates our identities. These identities may help convey information but are actually external to us. As our existence is just a conscience of physical experience, we should cease creating self-images from these identities that we think of ourselves as in our thoughts. By eliminating outside notions and assumptions about who we believe ourselves to be, we can better understand ourselves and eliminate the false sense of who we think we are in our thoughts. Our thoughts are the deciding factor for our serenity, but they are also just memories and imagination, they are not real experiences in the moment, they are in fact just sensory input that we have the control over.


We are entities with thoughts and opinions that we associate with ourselves, these are identities. Although identities may aid in conveying information, they are actually external to us, something the ancient stoics understood but have in modern days become a practiced norm to believe in as a part of yourself as an attempt to creating something for yourself. Since these external perceptions of ourselves are distorting our experience as self-entities, we ought to cease creating self-images of ourselves from these identities. This is due to the fact that we are actually unable to think of our self-entities in a tangible way since our existence is just a conscience. Realize that you are unable to think of yourself as you eliminate outside notions and assumptions about who you believe yourself to be. The only thing that is endangered when you experience hurt or are triggered by prospective "harm" in social situations, is your false sense of who you think you are because you believe that who you're thinking of in your thoughts (your imagined self-images) is actually the real you. One ought to realize that your thoughts are only memories and imagination, it is just another sensory input for you (your self-entity) to interact with just like your other senses, they are not real experiences in the moment, but it is you who control them.


2. To reach the full and true potential of your intellect, you ought to unblock your survival from fear, pleasure from regret, willpower from shame, love from grief, truth from lies, insight from illusion and pure conscience of experience from worldly desires.
2. To reach the full and true potential of your intellect, you ought to unblock your survival from fear, pleasure from regret, willpower from shame, love from grief, truth from lies, insight from illusion and pure conscience of experience from worldly desires.
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