07-09-2012, 08:45 PM
(06-19-2012, 12:54 PM)Siren Wrote: Ego in Latin simply means I.Haven't yet figured out where the notion came from. But I think, most likely, from some westerner who tried to interpret Eastern zen concepts and got confused with egocentricity - an unbalanced and thus undesirable attitude.
It is a shame most people attribute this term with negative connotations.
Alan Watts simply referred to ego as being the focus of conscious attention. And Jung's concept was the central complex in the field of consciousness. That familiar central complex or focus of attention was simply named.