"Whatever is the behavior shown by the ego, the hidden form motivating it is always the same : the need to distinguish, to be special, to have the control and the attention, the need for power, the need for more. And, obviously, the need for a sentiment of division, of opposition, the need to have ennemies."
Eckhart Tolle
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In the recognition of what is fake there's already the birth of what is true.
For example, you're about to tell someone an event happened recently.
"Guess what? You don't know it yet? Let me tell you?."
If you are vigilant enough, you could maybe notice in you a brief sentiment of satisfaction right before telling your story, even if it's bad news. This feeling comes from the fact that during a short instant, for the eyes of the ego, there is an imbalance in your favor between you and your interlocutor. During this brief instant, you know MORE than him. The satisfaction you feel comes from the ego et from the fact that your (fake) sentiment of self is stronger than your interlocutor's. Be him the president or the pope, you feel superior in that moment because you know MORE. This is why a lot of people like to talk gossips. Moreover, gossips allow to add an element of criticism and malicious judgment on others, which also reinforce the ego by the implicit but imaginary mental superiority which is there each time you judge someone negatively."
Eckhart Tolle
The ego functions on a matter of "more or less" than the others, searching to compare you, making you feel inferior or superior, and obviously all this reasoning by the ego is wrong and won't allow you to be at peace within yourself, satisfaction through judgments and unstable non-lasting objects or acts never stay, it's a short lull before falling down again and feeling constrained to seek for MORE, this is the ego.
Reality is that you can be, and be peaceful with yourself right now.
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