Theos-Talk Archives (August 1996 Message tl00437)

In message <199608210057.TAA29196@main.com>, "Paul M.M. Kieniewicz"
<pmmkien@main.com> writes
>Many Eastern religions speak of transcending the "ego".
>Sure, it can be done - but then once the ego is transcended, is there any
>consciousness left?
>
>3. Theosophists also speak of consciousness often as seperate from the body.
>Is this again relevant?  Or are we to accept the idea of a disembodied "ego"?
>
>Paul M.M.K.
>
It all depends on one's definition of "ego."  The Jungian definition is,
I suspect, different from the theosophical or the Tibetan, etc.  He
defines "ego" as a complex (or constellation) within the personal
unconscious. "Self" is something deeper and connects with the collective
unconscious.  In Jungian terms therefore, a disembodied ego is a no no.

Alan
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