Oddbean new post about login | logout Trying to kill your ego is simply acknowledging its existence. As Lao Tzu said, ‘He who knows others is wise; he who knows himself is enlightened.’ Temet Nosce🫡
Interesting, and correct! Awareness and recognition have been the first step. But just to know there’s an egotistic is not enough to not act from it… there’s now the discrepancy between knowing better but not able to actually do it, hence ego death might be needed, indeed.