awarenesss of ego
Posted: Sat May 09, 2015 2:25 pm
Is the awareness of ego in others and our selves our true self. So we difine our selves by means of ego.
Ego - n. ego, part of a person which distinguishes itself from others, the "I" part of the psyche
Really just by definition as far as the example / choice above goes; or such falls out of an analysis of the concept. [No new knowledge is uncovered for the public knowledge base at large, or created / proposed.] Any meta-awareness (super-ego) of its differentiating could actually be recursive or a nested iteration within the supposed "ego" itself. Adding a modifier like "true" doesn't confirm the belief or hypothesis of ego or a suggested "super-ego" consequence from meta-awareness of the ego.
If ego referred more to the activity itself of "distinguishing __ from others", then that would seem a routine which is indeed performed both consciously and unconsciously. Rather than lexicons submitting it as a person component which then becomes suspect as merely a useful or practical idea. [Though "ego" might be construed as symbol for either the set of instructions or the native conditioning (inherent habit) which compels the process of distinguishing.]
Arguably the concrete distinctness of the body itself could be substituted for self, but the ego term's special purpose is emphasizing the not so immediately apparent psychological differences between individuals K and L (memories, interests, personality, etc) as opposed to the quick, empirical smack of spatial location / separation and somatic form.