Manufacturing Problems to Prove You Exist (but do "you"?)

The ego-self must go from one problem to the next and this is because an ego-self is defined by incompletion seeking to be complete.

Incompletion must always lack for something and, therefore, the ego must continually attempt to fill what it lacks in order to be complete. This is because the ego-self is always missing something and even though it is never sure what that ‘something’ is, its purpose is to fill that absence, nonetheless.

Therefore, the modus operandi of every ego-self is to find what it requires to attain completion. But an ego-self could never be complete and still ‘exist’ simply because an ego-self is defined specifically by this obscure incompletion.

This poses a problem for the ego. In fact, this poses many problems for the ego, so much so that solving problems has become the egos only function. Recall how often you have informed your ‘self’ that if only this problem could be solved, you could then be ‘happy.’ But, of course, your happiness is never consistent because consistent happiness would be indicative of completion and an ego-self could not exist as complete and still be, by definition, an ego-self.

Indeed, if you look close enough you’ll see that the ego is nothing more than a problem manufacturer, simply because, by definition, the ego could never be without problems and still be an ego-self. The ego actually loves to hate its problems because solving problems is a means of self-actualizing itself as “real.” No problems and reality for en ego-self must of necessity dissolve into nothingness. Note how great you feel every time you solve a problem, which merely frees you up to prepare for the next problem, because problems are always expected.

Imagine if you had no problems in your life? What would you do? What would you ever seek to prepare for? What would you need to predict? What point to "education" or "learning"? Do you ever wonder "why do I have so many problems in my life?" The answer is easy....you set it up that way, because this is how the ego experiences "life." Through problem solving you 'know' you exist.

The ego is defined specifically by its ability to solve problems through accurate prediction and associated preparations. The ego knows that if it can predict what problems will manifest, it can then be adequately prepared to solve the problem…and move on to the next. The ego actually manufactures its own problems for which to recognize its 'existence' by solving problems it creates.

Therefore, to recognize that all your problems have been solved is the ego's biggest problem of all.

But, of course, solve that one problem...

...and "you" just might disappear.

Ha!


Arwork by Alejandro Barron - "The Escapist"