The Ego's Goal is to be ...

The ego's goal is to be significant, because the true nature of the ego dynamic is that it's insignificant to the human, too the world and to the universe.

In fact, the ego is not only insignificant, it is sub-significant. This means that not only is the ego not needed here, it is actually doing harm by being here. It is less than significant.

Ego is the Disease of the Human Condition

"You can never think for yourself because your mind is infected by a parasite which you've mistaken for your voice and misdirects you based on it's dysfunctional perception.”

An egoic thought is one that stems from the centric of a persona of whom you are not.

Let's remember that your persona was constructed during a period of time you knew nothing about truth, as a child, you were limited in what you saw of the world, believed in fairytales, and no experience to speak of. (*this is not true of every child, just the majority)

The 3 Legged Stool

The ego's dream word is your reality and it depends on you being significant for some reason or it's demise will come about. Humility diminishes the ego, but doesn't kill it, you can't kill ego, it is a part of your subconscious defense mechanism. It is originally meant to protect you. But with the advent of lessoning external threats, it has turned on its host.

The three legs of the stool of ego are: 1. significance. 2. persona (image) 3. acknowledgement

Significance is the reason why people seek to be a integral part of society. They seek for what they can do for it which no other can. This makes them irreplaceable. People seek to be special and be considered the "special someone" for somebody else.

Your persona or the image you've created for yourself, is the masterpiece the ego has been building all of your life. The bad news is that it's meaningless and it's an illusion. Of course, it makes you feel secure in knowing your somebody, but in fact, you're nobody. This is why death scares the ego so badly. It's the ultimate humility.

Acknowledgement is the short term gratification of feeling significant, knowing you're on the right path and other ego's are congratulating you for it. The collective ego is very influential and practical in it's purpose, it knows the importance of working with other egos to secure the ego race within the human culture.

No News is Bad News

“A Criminal Identity is as Good as Being a Saint to the ego.”

Significance comes in many shapes and sizes, usually one there's a void for in the shield of the collective ego. The collective ego form a shield against the pressure of the universe to impede and breakdown the ego with humility (which is why people say God has a sense of humor) this is not God's sense of humor, but our own lack of authenticity with self, relying on ego's dictation, that brings us to our own demise.

A criminal feels special getting more 'time' than their counterparts. Their ego is almost 100% running the show, they've dug their human 'host' in deeper and therefore 'won' the contest of being the most controlling ego. The caveat that we can see is that the lost to the greatest extent of all humans, in the game of life. But ego doesn't see things in this manner.

Becoming Awakened from a state of ego

The ego needs its human, and the collective human species, to be asleep to truth, the facts and the role it plays in the demise of the human mind and its ability of self control through its self-awareness. Your self-awareness is the detachment from ego you currently have. This is an organic state which is forever ebbing and flowing. You could be humble one minute and then suddenly someone compliments you or gives some acknowledgement for something and the next second you're suddenly filled with ego's magnificent glorification!

To be self aware at all times is a feat in itself, and virtually impossible, due to the many distractions at any given time throughout our lives on a moment by moment basis. One of the best ways to become more self-aware, is to sit silently in a silent place where you don't have to think about or be concerned with anything what-so-ever outside of your self. This place needs to be protected from all external influence, good, bad or indifferent.

To every problem, there is a solution. For the ego problem, the solution is humility and self awareness of this constant ebb and flow between humility and egotism. To reach that level of self-awareness without judgment or emotional entanglement is to meditate in pure unadulterated silence. As you progress you will be able to sit anywhere and meditate, subway, city park, even a noisy cafeteria... because you will learn to become unaffected by drama and its pollution.

The insignificant ego and its drama subduing attention grabbing neediness will have been subdued. But, this subduction is only temporary until the next time you take the bait and go to bite the hook of the collective ego, diminishing your awareness of the true reality and enter the vortex of the ego's subducting illusions, the Matrix.