T-4.II
The Ego and False Autonomy
False autonomy is unmasked as the ego’s premise that you are on your own, and the mind is invited to release comparison and judgment so true perception can lead beyond time.
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Primary
Pillar
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Judgment
The ego survives by comparing; equality ends its whole evaluation game.
Time
History repeats until the present is reinterpreted.
Changelessness
Ego identities shift; immortality means no change at all.
Salvation
Right-mindedness comes first; ego laid aside, mind turns one way.
Scarcity Principle
The ego equates giving with loss and survives on comparison.
Right-mindedness
Non-attack salvation: right-mindedness sets the mind in one direction.
Minor
Body
The ego calls the body home and appetite guide.
Sacrifice
Egoic giving turns love into sacrifice and a bargain.
Specialness
Comparison keeps the ego alive and keeps equality out of reach.
Separation
False autonomy imagines a self on its own.
Attack
To avoid aloneness, the ego allies with egos or attacks them.
Creation / Extension
Myths imitate creation, but only real extension is timeless.
Giving / Receiving
Abundance undoes the ego’s bargain about giving.
Illusions
Right perception ends by showing perception itself is unnecessary.
Magic
Ego myths grant themselves powers the body cannot deliver.
Cause and Effect
Appetites are mental decisions; the body only seems to demand.
Faith
Ego-belief can hint at an alternative way of seeing.
Fear
Solitary autonomy makes the ego’s world fearful.
Wrong-mindedness
Judgment fuels the wrong mind until it is relinquished.
Echo