Why is an ego bad?

The "ego" he's talking about is every thought you think

Ego death is a state of being without thought

 

Or is it a state of being with logical thought which overpowers the regular thought?

 

All thought is entirely logical if you look deep enough

Certainly doesn't seem that way at times though

 

Wow i never thought of it that way lol...logic ROCKS

 

I'd say ego death is a state of no-attachment and the cessation of isolated awareness.

 

Or a state of total one?....Ive only experienced the one time, and i dont even know for sure what its like, if the blankness of my mind during the entire tripping session, from what i rememeber, resembles anything of its like then its a great feelling

 

What's isolated awareness?

I don't think I've ever had a thought that had NO attachment whatsoever (or that is, a thought that had less attachment than any other thought... I'm pretty sold on attachment being illusory so I guess on some level all thoughts have no-attachment)

 

Then wouldnt no-attachment be called something of a grip?

 

What do you mean by grip?

No attachment is the opposite of a grip if by grip you mean "being in control"

Grip is ego! Whether that's a bad thing or a good thing or a thing at all is another question entirely

 

The being in control was what i meant by grip so thanks....I would consider grip a thing to anyone who does psycdelics drugs wether insane or macho as i like to call it lmao

 

Who says an ego is bad? being egotistical is stupid because people might think you think too much of yourself, just don't make it obvious and everyones happy.

 

Awareness that is limited by the belief of separative consciousness.
The "I/them" paradigm.

"Attachment" isn't a quality that is inherent in thoughts. Thoughts are just thoughts. They rise and they fall.
Attachment is a result of the relation you have to your thoughts.

 

First of all, to the thread starter, you seem like a really good guy
I'm kinda at the same confusion as you are

I took acid and experienced a very strong loss of ego and I find myself struggling with some things, not particularly lack of identity but family problems and loss of innocence (like everything has already been done) and I question whether it is maturity, a hard time in my life or acid that has led me to how I look at life in the present moment

Its a real mind trip for me, I have read 'a New Earth' by Eckhart Tolle (great book read it) which in addition to acid really stripped me of that ego that people knew me by. That in addition to 'the law of attraction' (which is all about you attract to you what you think about) has put me in this loop making me think, is it the fact that im thinking about my loss of ego shaping me into just that?

hmmm

Well initially I tried acid for the experience and you know, explore the boundries of my mind, which I certainly did

 

now how would one rebuild their ego?

after the brain resets from acid... whats next?

 

iam not sure...My guess would be to spark it up with a drug..Specifically marijuana

 

I guess it's your choice to think certain thoughts or not. If you wanted, you could choose to think anything you want.

 

ahhh..park it and spark it. :sifone:

 

Because I'm right, you're wrong, and my dick is WAY bigger than yours

 

yeah, thats what I was thinking.

I tend to think about ways to improve myself for the better, but was wondering what you guys thought was the best way to rebuild your ego.
Or what do you guys think about.. ?

 

You don't "rebuild" your ego. The mind resets itself, it is not destroyed; there is nothing to rebuild.
As soon as you have a concept of "you", then this is ego. There is no effort required to build or maintain an ego.
Ask yourself, "Who would be doing the rebuilding?"
This is all just ego.