Ego is still ego regardless of whether it attaches itself to an imaginary God or not.
I never quite get the wests preoccupation with ego ... you for example seems to have quite a fixation with it.
Ego is not a western thing. It's a human attribute that is necessary to function in the physical world. The only problem with it is in the attachments to beliefs and Idealisms that stem from superstition, fear and superficial understanding of reality.
All ego would do is get you beaten or put against the wall shot, one learned very fast that ego is a flexible thing that always is subordinate to the party thinking.
Ego when it becomes the master rather than servant to consciousness causes aging sickness and death.
One very quickly developed the art to have a very flexible ego
You mean to put on a face. Doesn't hide stupidity, fear or superstition.
Mind you the party didn't think much of religion either
Must've been an influence in your life. There seems to be an agreement of your personal views and what you describe as the views of the party.
