I have written a lot about this, but it was lost in cyberspace, so I will just sum it up with this: As long as we live in out bodies on this earth, we need our ego. Unless we have servants to take care of our physical needs like in an Ashram or in prison.
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Oh, and I forgot, another place to lose it is in a nursing home or hospice. I am working with a WW2 Vet, who is in nursing home, for three years. I wheel him down to Mass every Tues. and Thurs. and even though I am not Catholic, usually I sit in with him. I really like the sweet Nigerian priest. He was quite a hero as a combat medic in Okinawa and was injured and received his Purple Heart and Bronze Star. He did not want to kill anybody, so he became a medic. Afterwards, he used a GI Bill to go to Northwestern then to grad. school at University of Chicago. He worked on Civil Rights and wrote the Equal Opportunity Act,I interviewed him for the Library of Congress, and got to know him very well. I used to brag on him a lot, as I would help him go on outings to concerts especially. Lately he asked me to quit praising him, as he does not like feeling any pride, as it would "disturb his relationship with Jesus and Mother Mary. I asked the priest about this and he quoted a verse about why not to get to "swelled up". Now, I understand that Finney has gone beyond his ego. He is living almost completely in the Spirit World, and about ready to move to hospice which is within the same nursing home.
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