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I think I'm in the process of undergoing ego death. I've been in a nihlistic malaise for quite a while now but I feel something changing. How do I finish the process?

Or should I not let go of my ego? I read on /x/ that in the process of ego death, if you choose to remain to your ego it will be stronger than ever and that only NPCs become pacifists after an ego death

>> No.13440545

Not literature related.

>> No.13440551

>>13440545
Doesn't Freud talk about ego death or some shit? It is literature related

>> No.13440570

>>13440551
You didn't phrase your question in that way I mean. Regardless, religious literature is going to be the best for learning what exactly ego death means; Meister Eckhart and Plotinus are my two favorites in western religion that deal with the ego, but they aren't really the edgy sort of violent ego death you are referring to. You aren't going to achieve such a thing without years of practice regardless. There is ego death in a upward sense (you losing yourself in contact with the divine) and ego death in a downward sense (you losing yourself in matter, without any transcendent value). If you think you can disassociate yourself quickly, you are in reality likely just becoming schizo and losing yourself to matter.

>> No.13440577

>>13440570
>If you think you can disassociate yourself quickly, you are in reality likely just becoming schizo and losing yourself to matter
Can confirm. Don’t do this. Put in the work. Don’t ask me to explain. I won’t.

>> No.13440606

>>13440577
>Put in the work

What?

>> No.13440658

Why would you want to kill your ego? That will happen naturally when you die

>> No.13440729

>>13440658
Because I want to transcend

>> No.13440753
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13440753

1. Never listen to /x/ unless it's about gnosticism or mudfloods

2. Ingest psychedelics

3. /lit/ is for the discussion of literature, specifically books (fiction & non-fiction), short stories, poetry, creative writing, etc. If you want to discuss history, religion, or the humanities, go to /his/. If you want to discuss politics, go to /pol/. Philosophical discussion can go on either /lit/ or /his/, but those discussions of philosophy that take place on /lit/ should be based around specific philosophical works to which posters can refer.

>> No.13440754

>>13440542
you can't kill a thought

>> No.13440820

>>13440542
Read the Holy Bible and get saved by our Lord Jesus Christ

>> No.13441102

>>13440820
Nah

>> No.13441123

>>13440570
>>13440577
matter isn't real faggots do you even gnosis?

>> No.13441185

>>13440753
based
i've had an ego death on lsd

>> No.13441235

>>13440754
faccs

>>13441123
you seem to be quite strongly stuck in its grasp for something imaginary?

>> No.13441253

>>13440542
Force yourself through a very humbling experience. I’d recommend going on a 7 day hike with 3-4 days of rationed food/water.

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13441262

>>13440542
>ego death
>nihlistic malaise
>/x/
>NPCs
When you feel an itching sensation, do you (even for a fleeting moment) have a paranoid urge or instinct that such sensations are brought about by targeted energy weapons

>> No.13441384

>>13441262
OP here. Yeah, for a fleeting moment in the back of my mind

>> No.13441412

>>13440542

Begome Buddist :^DDD

>> No.13441417

>>13440542
There's no further step. There's no enlightening or catharsis or further meaning. You're there and you will be stuck there or move to a new illusion

>> No.13441465
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13441465

>>13441123
>Gnosis
fuck off

>> No.13441468

Start with the Greeks. Ignore /x. Suicide cannot be logically justified. God, in His infinite wisdom, made all man mortal.

>> No.13441497

>>13441468
Death is a result of Adam's sin, not God's willing death to be.

>> No.13441530

>>13441465
>the Two
incredible

>> No.13441592

>>13440542
The definition of "I" is ego

>> No.13442125

>>13440542
>ego
>death
>process
>NPC
So many words you know nothing about. Go back to school, kiddo.

>> No.13442154

>>13440542
You do it with vipassana.
Or you can keep reading and thinking about and cling to the concept of egolessness, but that way is a bit shit desu

>> No.13442167

>>13442125
Why do you continue to be an edgelord?

>> No.13442174

>>13441253
This is good advice, I may take it

>> No.13442177

>>13442167
Read again, kiddo.