{"id":209,"date":"2007-03-14T21:40:03","date_gmt":"2007-03-14T21:40:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shekharkapur.com\/newblog\/?p=209"},"modified":"2007-03-14T21:40:03","modified_gmt":"2007-03-14T21:40:03","slug":"open-thread-what-is-the-ego","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shekharkapur.com\/blog\/2007\/03\/open-thread-what-is-the-ego\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread : what is the Ego ?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The ego can be defined in many ways, both positive and negative. In a spiritual way it is negative, but  it is also my ego that pushes me into the spiritual path to try and destroy it.  It is the creative ego that provokes an artist to create art, yet the whole creative process then is to try and sublimate that ego into art.  Ego seems such a double edged sword. Even when you first fall in love, it is your ego that provked you to either say or not say &#8216;I loveyou&#8221;.  Even the love for one&#8217;s own country is the ego sublimated to the honour of the nation. Or is it ?  What is the EGO ?  Lets hear form everyone and have a healthy constructive debate.  Shekhar<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The ego can be defined in many ways, both positive and negative. In a spiritual way it is negative, but it is also my ego that pushes me into the spiritual path to try and destroy it. 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