Nugget #7

In the last post we spoke about contrast being the key to our learning. This learning is meant to being an awareness to recognize the need to correct the ego by controlling and harnessing it. Please note that I am not implying that this effort is squarely on our shoulders. We are learning that we need the Creator’s help in this mission as well. Through the Creator’s help we can gain the upper hand. When the Creator is not reigning the ego reigns. We were given the ego and through the Creator’s help the ego will be corrected. Again, the presence of the ego teaches us we need help.

The ego helps us to experience and learn about self. For example, we can learn how others feel when we experience another’s ego at our expense?

One of the ego’s ultimate roles is to take part in an altruistic community by identifying and preserving the individual’s unique role in the community. The ego helps us to discover and preserve our unique purpose that can be plugged into the community for the betterment of the community.

Something to note: Pharaoh is viewed as THE self-serving ego and Moshe is THE altruistic servant of G-d. Contemplate that for a while. Jacob’s wrestling is believed to be with the ego. What did he do? He forces it to bless him meaning to serve the Creator, which is the proper role of the ego.