{"id":194438,"date":"2019-12-04T09:29:57","date_gmt":"2019-12-04T17:29:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=194438"},"modified":"2019-12-05T08:43:54","modified_gmt":"2019-12-05T16:43:54","slug":"why-ego-is-essential","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2019\/12\/04\/why-ego-is-essential\/","title":{"rendered":"Why EGO is Essential"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

If your desire is to become the apex artist, you must CHANNEL your ego, and press your ego into your service, instead of striving to destroy your ego.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Don’t do things which offend or hurt your ego<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

My theory:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thoughts on compromise, and corner-cutting is offensive to our ego. Yet we compromise and cut corners to please others.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

But if we didn’t care to please others, but we simply obeyed our own ego, we would never compromise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

EGO as good for the artist<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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There are no ‘right’ or ‘wrong’ decisions in life. However there are certain decisions which feel correct to your ego.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let your ego guide your life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"hopper<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Why is the ego seen as evil?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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For the most part, most of us in the Western world are shackled by the “humility” and “humble attitude” of Protestant-Christian morality. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

EGO as individualistic<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Going back to Christian morality:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To be an individual is evil. To build the individual ‘at the expense’ of the collective is evil.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

In most traditional societies, the individual isn’t important. What is more important is the survival (and thrivivial) of the collective\/group\/community. Therefore when people see you being “selfish” and “self-centered” and focused on yourself, you’re somehow doing a POSITIVE HARM on the collective, because all that extra energy you are putting towards yourself could be used to serve others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Channeling your EGO to make artistic decisions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

My thought:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You must obey your ego when it comes to making certain life decisions.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

The hardest thing is to make a decision, and to be responsible and liable for your decision.<\/strong> In today’s “limited liability corporation” world, nobody wants to be liable for anything. Nobody wants to be responsible for taking a risk, and “failing” or fucking up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Why this quest to kill the ego?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In modern times, we should know better. We know the ego isn’t bad. Yet there are still MANY non-religious and atheists who think the ego is bad\/evil and needs to be destroyed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

My theory:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When we fuck up in life, we can easily blame “our ego”, instead of taking responsibility for our decisions.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

It is impossible to know how a decision will turn out. For example, a lot of “skinny-fat” historians (who have never even lifted weights in their life) criticize Napoleon for his ‘hubris’ and his “over-confidence” in the war. But it is so easy to blame Napoleon and his “ego” for his failure. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reality is this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You take a risk, then Lady Fortuna does the rest.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Now the question is:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How can we harness and channel our beautiful ego to achieve what we want to achieve in life?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

ERIC<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Philosophy by KIM<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Dictate your meaning and purpose in your life with ZEN OF ERIC<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Philosophical Essays<\/h2>\n\n\n\n