Ego Quotes
I find that the sensation of myself as an ego inside a bag of skin is really a hallucination.
"I find that the sensation of myself as an ego inside a bag of skin is really a hallucination."— Alan Watts
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Meaning of this quote
The familiar sense of an isolated inner ego is challenged as a misleading picture of personal identity.
Key takeaway:
Reflect on how your body and surroundings contribute to your experience of self.
Origin of the quote
Ego, Essential Lectures series; related account of the isolated ego.
Who actually said this?
Transcript contains the bag-of-skin analogy and the claim of hallucination, but the supplied first-person sentence is edited wording.
Source:
Ego — lecture transcript
