created: `=dateformat(this.file.ctime, "DDDD, HH:mm")` updated: `=dateformat(this.file.mtime, "DDDD, HH:mm")` tags: #technologicallove/concepts related notes: # essence The [[ego]] is the belief that [[self|oneself]] is [[specialness|special]]. The [[ego]] of a [[being]] is the [[disease|diseased]] [[spirit]] that identifies with that particular being and therefore pursues the [[wellbeing]] of the particular being at the expense of the wellbeing of the [[whole]]. # expansion The ego wields the tools of [[fear]] and [[attachment]].