A Word From Joe: Episode 28 "Ego"
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about some serious shit that say …
Dear Gorilla Joe,
I am so fed up with seeing such awful, egotistical
people in the world and on movies, news and TV shows. Everywhere you look is
some moronic, self-obsessed, sociopathic, narcissistic psychopath with an ego
complex, but we just call them “celebrities.” What is the deal with that man,
and what causes that behavior?
Thanks Joe!
Sincerely,
Eddie King
Richmond, VA
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Well Ed, your species and
culture has always flocked to celebrities even if what they did or had to say wasn’t
even relevant. If it was someone known for something that they did and lots of
people knew of them, then that nigga blew up and others talked about and
admired them. Even if it’s someone that did something bad, the fact that they
are known and infamous for an action or event, they are given celebrity status.
That nigga Hitler was a piece of shit murdering fuck head hate monger, but if
he was still alive, his Facebook would be filled with tons of morons and
“likes,” same as some other no good waste of flesh, organs and air online. (slideshow
of celebrities)
To get down to it, a person
purposely tries to become famous because they think they can do something
better than others, has something they need to say, or just wants to be in the
limelight despite not having any talents what so ever. (pic Kim Kardashian)
These things in themselves root from an ego, including the that shit what I do.
There is a part of the brain that tells you that you have it, are special, or
can do it better than anyone else can. That can either come from believing in
yourself and having the ability or an inflated ego telling you that you are
better and deserve it, but it’s all just a sense of ego in a person’s mind.
Two ways to divide your mind
is the conscience and sub-conscience. Within those two parts live the Id, the
ego, and the super-ego. These three parts are responsible for a lot of people’s
actions, behaviors, fears, comments, abilities, creeds, beliefs, ideas,
thoughts, and inner-monologue. Most people are puppets to one, a couple or all
three. It’s very hard not to follow one or more. Only someone like Buddha or
Gandhi could control that shit. But, they do make up who you are, what you do
and what you believe. Unlike your astrological horoscopes, which I talked about
in another episode, that shit does NOT make up who you are OR your actions, so
take responsibility for your actions and stop saying shit like your “sign” made
you do it because of what day and month you were squeezed out at. The mind,
however, does control you and you can either follow it or learn to control it.
Shit, I’m working on this shit my self homies, but we can work on this shit
together.
To break this shit down, the
Id is like all of your basic or animalistic instincts. That nigga the Id can
tell you to steal some shit, eat something, run, act out, knock a nigga out, or
basically impulsive behavior most commonly seen acted by children and animals
as they are ruled by the Id. The ID also lives in the sub-conscience and mainly
exists for basic survival needs and is not aware of the real world on its own
and also has no conscience and only lives for please itself.
Then you have your Ego, which
can be looked at as your cognizant self which tries to process what is real in
your environment and relays that to the Id and helps with making decisions. Freud
said that "The ego is that part of
the id which has been modified by the direct influence of the external world. The
ego represents what may be called reason and common sense, in contrast to the
id, which contains the passions.” Your ego will also help you to determine
perception, judgment, tolerance, self-esteem, self-worth, control, planning,
defense, processing information, intelligence, and memory. Basically, when you
are talking about “you” or yourself, then you are referring to your ego.
And, if you want to find out
how big your ego is, see how often you say “I”, “me”, “myself”, and also how
often you ask about other people and how they are and what they are up to. If
you talking about yourself, you selfish, and have an ego like a mutha fucka!
Lastly, you have that nigga
the Super-Ego; which can be seen as the voice of your culture, family teachings
and inspiration, conscience, morals, spiritual teachings, and ideology. When
you are talking to yourself or trying to convince yourself, motivate or even
discourage or dissuade yourself; that is your Super-Ego that you are talking
to. That nigga can help you or hurt you depending on what shit they are saying.
Depending on how you were raised, taught, guided, conditioned, or believe; those
things will be echoed from your Super-Ego to influence your Ego in what to do
or believe.
Another great example of three
at work in your mind is from one of my favorite shows “Dexter.” You could look
at his “Dark Passenger” as his Id, his need to kill or impulsive actions. Then
there is Dexter, which is the Ego, the one that interacts with the real world,
makes decisions, processes information for the Id and Super-Ego, and is the
cognizant self experiencing the world. And then there is Harry, the ghost of
his dead foster father that acts like his conscience, guide or motivator would
be his Super-Ego, always whispering in his ear what he should or shouldn’t do
depending on how he was raised or what he thinks that Dexter would do. In the
end, Dexter makes the decisions and actions but for the most part is guided but
either his Dark Passenger or Harry. In the end of the show, SPOILER ALERT, he
comes to terms with everything and decides to controls his impulses and actions
and make up his own damned mind, comes to peace as an entire whole and removing
the Dark Passenger and Harry, or his Id and Super-Ego in the process. Deep shit
yall! The Matrix too can be looked at like that, such as the machines were the Id,
Zion was the real world, and the Super-Ego is The Matrix itself. One tried to
devoir or control the others, but there was not peace until all three came to a
truce and lived together to co-exist as one, in harmony. (Clip, Message)
Now, how does this affect
celebrities and people you see in the media? Immensely! These people are the
product of their Id, Ego, and Super-Ego to some degree. Depending on what they
do or believe is due to one or more of the three. Understanding how the mind
works can help us better grasps a person’s actions or thoughts. You could also
say that people act on basic survival skills such as positive and negative
stimuli from their surrounding environment. A cell in a positive environment
will try to prosper, live, grow, feed, and reproduce. A cell in a negative
environment will go into “fight or flight mode, panic, attack, not produce,
live in fear and die. You hairless monkeys respond the same way. As love and
fear are the two most powerful emotions and are polar opposites, they are a
great basis of positive and negative environments. If a person is basing their
actions, thoughts and desires off of fear, then they will act out, cower, seek
attention, be apathetic, selfish, under-develop, panic, stress, steal, attack,
or even kill. Some people live in fear of being ignored or not noticed so they
will do whatever they can to invoke a response no matter if it is positive or
negative response, they just feed off of the attention itself. This can also be
a subconscious reaction unaware to the person and derived from their ego and/or
super-ego guiding them in what to do, or their Id doing what it thinks it needs
to to survive. Also, you have people that act out due to what is called “ego
defense mechanisms” that is caused by when their ego feels threatened or that
someone is attacking their ego or Super-Ego, they act irrational and pretty
much like an ass hole or a douchbag, to say the least. On the other hand, a
person living in a positive loving environment will care for others, be selfless,
empathetic, compassionate, help others, share, be at peace and more level
headed to take on anything that may come to them, When you have inner peace,
you are in a better place mentally to create a peaceful place around you and
others will prosper as well.
In the end, we need to see why
people do things and for what reasons. A lot of people you see in the media
will have an agenda and do what they must to achieve it. Other musicians or
actors will do and say things depending on what part of the mind they are
responding from, their environment growing up, and their intentions. Ask
yourself, are they doing it for attention? Are they trying to get a message
across, and if so what is the message? Are they doing it out of fear or love?
Are they doing it for selfish or selfless reasons? We must do some selfish
deeds so that we can control our lives and take care of ourselves, but then
when we have taken care of ourselves, we can take care of others and help all
living things. What divides you from people that do things for their own
reasons or causes, is that if you do something to help someone or something
else that you do it out of the kindness and love of your heart, and without
having to announce these actions to the world. A good person or being does good
to put good out into the world and without want nor reward but in doing the
action itself. If you do some shit and go around and have to tell everyone,
then that shit don’t can’t and you did it only for publicity and attention. Some
people do good things for the wrong reasons. Try to do good things for the
right reason. If we could all learn to live and control our actions, control
our Id/Ego/Super-Ego, stimulate and practice love and peace then maybe all of
us creatures on this fucked up floating rock rotating a star have a chance. Pay
it forward. We are all fucking stuck here together so let’s try to get through this
shit together too. Ya feel me?
“Once
you understand non-self, then the burden of life is gone. You'll be at peace
with the world. When you see beyond self, we no longer cling to happiness and
we can truly be happy. Learn to let go without struggle, simply let go, be just
as you are - no holding on, no attachments...free.”
-Ajahn Chah-
And on that note, I’m out this
bitch. Peace!"