Topic: False ego
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False ego is the mistaken assumption that we are our bodies.
The reality is, aham brahmasmi: "I am spirit." Without that understanding, we think, "I am this body," and that our temporary bodily labels—white, black, tall, short, young, old, man, woman—apply to us.
The Bhagavad-gita explains that the self—atma—is eternal and conscious, while matter is temporary and unconscious. The self is called...
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“Psyche,” from the Greek word for soul, connotesan inner spirit as distinguished from its vehicle, the material body. In Greek mythology, Psyche, a personification of the soul, falls in love with Eros, the god of love. Eros later deserts her, and Psyche, brokenhearted roams...