When does our ego say enough is enough?

Question:I get discouraged sometimes. One moment I am walking around with my head in the clouds, living effortlessly and connecting easily with love and joy. The next I become aware that my ego has slipped in under my guard and all of a sudden the struggle begins on another level. At these times I am being hypocritical to speak of love when I know it is me I am trying to glorify.

Does the struggle with that idiot ever end?

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: I get discouraged sometimes. One moment I am walking around with my head in the clouds, living effortlessly and connecting easily with love and joy. The next I become aware that my ego has slipped in under my guard and all of a sudden the struggle begins on another level. At these times I am being hypocritical to speak of love when I know it is me I am trying to glorify.

Does the struggle with that idiot ever end?

Ego will never say enough is enough... only you, that what you truly are, the watcher of thoughts, of ego, can get tired of it... as long as you find anything interesting in trying to discern the difference between peanut butter and poo (egoic thoughts) you will let yourself be hypnotized ba this constant mental oise...
it can end right now. just stop identifying with it. it is performing in front of you, giving the best show... you tend to let yourself be hypnotized by it. it is not bnecessary. avoiding it or fear of it is the fuel which nurtures it over and over again. only indifference will make it disappear. like windowshoppoing... watch it from outside the window, don't go inside the shop to buy those thoughts...
your true nature is peace and silence, love... from this awareness thoughts are watched. ego means to identify with the thoughts and the psychodrama. awakening means to be aware of your true self, to watch the change, the passing, the transient thoughts and simply stay in the peace that you are.
the thoughts try to draw you down again and again... this is a gift to strengthen your abidance in the self, as the self...
love ya!

and, don't hate this cunning fellow, it is your beloved servant...

no, it never ends

Why do you say you're trying to glorify yourself? Carry on connecting with love and joy. Stay grounded. Be centred. Connect with nature. Good luck!

The ego put us in the end when our desires had been satisfied and fulfilled. It puts an end to our ego to say enough is enough because of the gratifying effect to our wants. It allows our mind to send that to our system that is just enough for the day since the goals you wish to target are met. You will really notice that unless we have achieved the thing we want we will not stop until we reach for it. Our dying desire to catch relies on the net we capture. So this must therefore be carried out at the end of the day.

Thanks for asking. Have a great day!

When our pride got stubbed, this is when our ego says stop... Zillion times I experienced this kind of feeling... Something or someone will put you in the clouds and that moment all of your defenses will go weak and you will let that thing or person rule your life, then suddenly, it will fail you... then there will have a feeling of anger inside of you for letting that thing or person hurt you...

Ooops....dont worry .....ego means a drunken monkey...give some time to that ego..it will shout, jump for a while ...again it will be normal....then again enjoy.....

However i have read somewhere that if we know to meditate...we can loose our ego in faster way and move in a right direction....

Cheers
Prince

i have been told by a wise person (from his own decades of "experience") that the ego can only be dissolved through constant and consistent observation...in other words, what is not noticed cannot be corrected (though it is less a correction than it is a "surfacing" for the sake of awareness). i look at the wording of your question, John, and notice that the ego is (though perhaps unconsciously) empowered by giving it the "say-so" about dissolution. This is where observation is an important tool...every nuance of ego is to be awakened to, and in that awakening and observation the ego will be "revealed" and its hold will little by little diminish. We keep the ego hidden in the shadows of our lives (the Wizard behind the curtain in Oz, so to speak...running things without our knowledge), and, thereby, give away our volition to ego thoughts. The only guard that needs to be in place is the observing guardian; any other "guard" is a means of giving life through repression to something that does not exist. It is a paradox, isn't it...we "think" the ego is real and must be "resisted" (en garde, mighty foe...i challenge you to a duel...or should that be a dual?). But the very resistance gives the appearance of ego's existence...we are saying, "You have a mighty power over me, and i will fight you to the death." How can we fight what is unreal? Better to know its unreality and to observe its incessant rising through our runaway thoughts. Here, one cannot say, "My bad," for it is ego that would judge in its effort to maintain control. If you stand in the middle of the road and do not see the vehicle racing toward you, you will be hit...but, if you are looking/observing, you will recognize the danger and step out of the way. So, you see, it is your inner witness that needs to be on watch...then there is no harm, no foul...all is revealed "as it is." Know that you are forever Love, in spite of appearances to the contrary (the illusion in the world of duality), and that even when you "seem" to be under the influence (of ego), this is an untruth. Please don't chastise yourself...merely allow the witness to remove you from the dangers of the runaway ego. Blessed be...

i am Sirius

Superb, insightful question!!
I have had the same troubles with my ego and I am learning to live with it as an inevitable evil.

I have come to believe that wisdom and poise can keep a rein on any excesses by our ego, but it can probably never be conquered totally, since it seems to be an integral characteristic of our conscious.

How can speaking of love be hypocritical in any sense of the word. Life is a gravitational exercise in maintaining ones feet on the ground, ones awareness of the world and its collective Spirit, and one understanding and perception celestial...

Bad days are assuredly the mind cast down into the dust to tackle with all debris lying latent there, and the good days those when our love and light turns dust into Midas gold ..

So what do we learn and gauge, to be mindful of an accusatory idiocy that we ourselves precariously veer close to in our vengeful retaliations ...

The enlightened mind, ascended soul, and humble supplicated demeanour ... sikhism*

Peace and Love upon You ...

NB: The ego is based upon self sensory perception relative to causal physicality and reality ..

I am. What ...?

Saith Screwtape the demon, to Wormwood, another demon:

"I see only one thing to do at the moment. Your patient has become humble; have you drawn his attention to this fact? All virtues are less formidable to us, once the man is aware that he has them, but this is specially true of humility. Catch him in the moment when he is really poor in spirit and smuggle into his mind the gratifying reflection, "By Jove, I'm being humble. and almost immediately pride - pride at his own humility - will appear, If he wakes to the danger and tries to smother this new form, make him proud of his attempt, - and so on, through as many stages as you please. But don't try this too long, for fear you may wake his sense of humour and proportion, in which case he will merely laugh at you and go to bed."

Is there a coincidence that I woke up this morning feeling the same way, after a week with my "head in the clouds?"
I go into isolation, when I get these kind of "drab" feelings.
I have learned, Thank God, to stay attentive that The Divine, sends nothing but Angels, and in this world of illusions there is always an answer...to these "seeming" problems.
I came to your question...first...and I read your question...and then I read Sirius' answer...can I still isolate after a "coincidence" like this?...H**L no!!
I have to be even more committed to being the observer today!
Easier said than done, only because...My ego tells me that this will be work...that this should be easy...that this isn't easy enough..."WE" liked this past week, why can't "we" just stay at that point?!!...((((sigh))))
I know exactly what you mean!!
I have to believe that the "struggle" with the ego will end...I just have to remember today, to stop, breathe, and turn around and look "her" straight in the eye...no matter what!

Many Blessings to you John...I guess it's time for us to peel another layer off...I feel better already, knowing that I am not alone.
Peace!

EDIT: Let's feed the White Wolf today.

When the "ego" is surrendered, it ends.....

Feeling of enough is enough comes to mind when we or some one very near and dear ones get hurt badly!!!!! Good thing about you is that you realize it before that.

I am not a philosopher though, my down to earth experience tells me that you are not a hypocrite, but a self-imposed control mechanism is persistently working within yourself to show you the right path.

This struggle of yours will never end or rather it should not, because we are living in a world of many contradictions and variable behaviors some times unpalatable to us. Your self imposed control system, make you a very good human being.

John, Let's just laugh at Mr Ego . He enjoys a fight so let's not give him one.

For mr Ego nothing is ever enough. So when he starts chatting into you, just say "Hi how're ya doin?"