Can You Survive Without An Ego? - I was asked a question recently which really got me thinking. So here’s some thoughts… - I’m sorry to tell you this, but if you do enough self-enquiry and strip away your ego, you will face an existential crisis. - If you’ve deprogrammed the need for external validation or social approval, your fears of insufficiency, jealousy, envy, one-upmanship and everything else… You are left with nothing. - You have to create your own meaning. - This is liberating and terrifying. - All those visceral emotions driven by the ego were useful when they got your ancestors out of bed 100,000 years ago. - Even now, your desire to be noticed by that hot guy because it makes you feel valued, or the chip on your shoulder for never being popular in school, or your desperate need to achieve so other people will like you are all driven by the ego. The ego exists to keep you playing the game. It’s a motivator. - Without it, you not only have to decide whether you want to play,...