<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/5d49775c-9f7b-46b0-9ca2-65dbc28328f3/9645BC85-F8F9-43D4-8A46-54351AA2C3A5/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.cosmiclighthouse.com/metaphysics101/ego" href="http://www.cosmiclighthouse.com/metaphysics101/ego" style="font-size: 11px;">www.cosmiclighthouse.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.cosmiclighthouse.com/metaphysics101/ego"><DIV class="pageTitle">Ego or Lower Self</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.cosmiclighthouse.com/metaphysics101/ego"><P>In metaphysics, the term "ego" is not referring to "an inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others". It is usually referring to our sense of an individual self. The ego is a voice of those levels of consciousness that still hold on to the illusion of a separate self. The ego is a necessary part of our existence on Earth as it determines our unique personality. A main concern of ego is with the individual's safety and survival. Without it, we would not be able to function on the physical realm.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.cosmiclighthouse.com/metaphysics101/ego"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.cosmiclighthouse.com/img/B5A8A8CF-CDB5-4C71-9500-46FAF08CA809" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.cosmiclighthouse.com/metaphysics101/ego"><EM>The soul cannot have the full human experience unless it has an aspect of self that is ego based. If the soul remained completely bathed in unconditional love it could experience nothing.</EM></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/9645BC85-F8F9-43D4-8A46-54351AA2C3A5/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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