What‘s the ego?
The concept of the ego, a term that comes from the Latin word for “I”, is one of the aspects of personality that people talk about the most . The most common definition of ego is haughtiness or arrogance, a self-image. That being said, it’s still just another mental construct, an identity that you build with your internal factory that’s churning out ideas, experiences, emotions, and needs.
Your authentic self lies behind the artifice of self, behind the external mask.
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