2007-02-21 13:57:08 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
To embrace the Gospel of the Sacred Mud Puddle.(among other things)
Wikipedia not necessary.
2007-02-21 14:24:50 · answer #1 · answered by ? 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
In Freudian terms the 'ego' is one of three divisions of the mind that, containing consciousness and memory and involved with control, planning and conforming to reality.
“The poor ego has a still harder time of it; it has to serve three harsh masters, and has to do its best to reconcile the claims and demands of all three.” Sigmund Freud The Anatomy of the Mental Personality, Lecture 31
In Freud's theory, the ego mediates among the id, the super-ego and the external world. Its task is to find a balance between primitive drives, morals, and reality while satisfying the id and superego. Its main concern is with the individual's safety and allows some of the id's desires to be expressed, but only when consequences of these actions are marginal. Ego defense mechanisms are often used by the ego when id behaviour conflicts with reality and either society's morals, norms, and taboos or the individual's expectations as a result of the internalization of these morals, norms, and taboos.
2007-02-21 22:10:24 · answer #2 · answered by Faith 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Your true nature is within. It stems from your upbringing, schooling, friends etc and your connection to the world. If you were surrounded by friction and hate all your life and have not known any love then you would have a horrid nature because you do not know anything else.
2007-02-21 22:05:19 · answer #3 · answered by djdundalk 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
selfish?
2007-02-21 22:04:27 · answer #4 · answered by Claire B 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋