Sensual Ego
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Sensual Ego is a term used by Rumi to refer to the Bodily Ego.
Syncretic Terms
Bodily Ego > Acquired Self, Antahkarana, Apparent Ego, Awkward Self, Earthly Self, Elusive Self, Empirical Self, False Personality, Illusory Self, King of the Body, Little Self, Normal Self, Not Self, Outer Self, Personality, Self, Sensual Ego, Subtle Body, Talking Self
Notes
Rumi pathologizes the sensual ego.
The sensual ego is blind and deaf to God. (M IV 235)
- The whole Koran describes the wickedness of egos: Study the Holy Book! Where is your insight? (M VI 4862) [1]
- Concern yourself not with the thieflike ego and its business. Whatever is not God's work is nothing, nothing! (M II 1063) [2]
- The bird that escapes from the trap of its ego has no fear, wherever it may fly. (D 7327).[3]
Footnotes
- ↑ Chittick, William C., and Rumi. The Sufi Path of Love: The Spiritual Teachings of Rumi. Rumi SUNY Series in Islam. New York: SUNY Press, 1983. p. 33
- ↑ Chittick, William C., and Rumi. The Sufi Path of Love: The Spiritual Teachings of Rumi. Rumi SUNY Series in Islam. New York: SUNY Press, 1983. p. 33
- ↑ Chittick, William C., and Rumi. The Sufi Path of Love: The Spiritual Teachings of Rumi. Rumi SUNY Series in Islam. New York: SUNY Press, 1983. p. 33
