I was thinking about the Westboro Group, and it occurred to me that I tend to believe that the ego is the source of all evil. That little kernel of ego, that tended to and nurtured by making it our God, grows up and grinds down everything resistant to it.
Has the ego been located in a specific place in the brain? There are pathologics, psychotics, neurotics, alcoholics, addicts of every shape and kind...is the ego the place in the brain where those disorders are born? I can believe it, but I don't know that it has ever been proven...may well have been disproved for all I know, but it makes sense to me.
There is no God in the ego for to the ego it is God...as in, Edging God Out. To the ego it is being humble when it declares the brain, the intellect, is all powerful but, in fact, the unchecked ego is that place where the reasoning mind is utterly powerless...knowing better has no say at all.
Only a conscious decision to put God first, and then, most important, putting God first in every aspect of our lives, can edge ego out.
[Give over] your heart, mind, intellect, and soul even to your smallest acts. This is the secret of success. -- Swami Sivananda [NOTE: I have no idea who the Swami is, but I believe this.]
Thank You.
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