> Re. your quote about the ego, I didn't quite get its meaning. Can you elaborate on it? I think the "false ego" is when a person creates a sort of 'personalit

> Re. your quote about the ego, I didn't quite get its meaning. Can you elaborate on it? I think the "false ego" is when a person creates a sort of 'personality' that isn't based on reality. These are the people who are always bluffing/lying about their situation. In their world they make lots of money, they can kick your ass, etc. When a person starts to "feel safe" (financially/emotionally/etc), their need to create an alternate-presentation ("false ego") goes away. Another friend was picked on as a child. She was always fighting with everyone... Someone said that "fighting" was how she managed to survive her childhood. When she'd grown up fighting didn't help her anymore. She's since trained in martial arts, has enough of a rainy-day fund to get her through a pinch, and is making good progress on not having to fight with everyone all the time. (edit: "feeling safe" allows her to not have to fight with people.)