A child is born.
He comes into the world without any knowledge or consxience of his self. When a child is born, the first thing he becomes aware of is not himself, but of the other and the environment in which he lives. It is natural, because the eyes open outwards, the hands touch others, the ears listen to others, the tongue tastes food and the nose smells external odors.
All these senses are open to the wonders of creation. Being born means first of all being able to experience the creation of what is outside of oneself. The child first becomes aware of the mother, then of his body and finally of the environment in which he grew up and was contained by, and it is through the necessary stages of learning that he becomes aware of himself, affirming “I”.
This is how man forms the structure of his personality.
This “I” is awareness reflected outside of himself. In this world the “others” are the “You”.
The “I” thus constructs the idea it has of itself, and this belief is assimilated without ever experiencing it directly.
It is the narrative of others and of the world that constructs the idea of who you are and how you otherwise should be, and it does so by obscuring your true Essence.
This process determines in each person the personal sense of separation that generates fear, struggle, conflict, pain, scarcity and so on.
In this way the ego is born.
