There Is No Ego- Only Movement Away from Presence
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: For millennia, spiritual traditions and philosophical frameworks have taught that humanity must battle and conquer the ego to attain enlightenment, peace, or union with the Divine. Yet suffering remains, undiminished. Unified Theistic Naturalism (UTN) reveals that the ego is not an entity to be defeated, but an oscillation — a subtle movement away from the seamless cadence of Presence. This paper explores the three phases of perceived ego: Material Ego (Sufferer), Illusionary Ego (Seeker), and the cessation of ego through pure Seeing (Seer). By understanding that there is no "thing" called ego, but only movement or Presence, humanity can cease the endless battle and return to effortless Communion with the Divine.
Author: Patrick Carodine
Language: English
Subfield: Philosophy
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W6949745122
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