Ego Death

[Terence_Mckenna_Addict]

I hope this is the correct section to post this. I have recently become very interested in the idea of "Ego death".

Ego death is an experience that purportedly reveals the illusory aspect of the ego, sometimes undergone by psychonauts, mystics, shamans, monks, psychologists, and others interested in exploring the depths of the mind.

The practice of ego death as a deliberately sought "mystical experience" in some ways overlaps, but is nevertheless distinct from, traditional teachings concerning enlightenment/"Nirvana" (in Buddhism) or "Moksha" (in Hinduism and Jainism), which might perhaps be better understood as transcendence of the notion that one even has any actual, non-illusory "ego" with which to experience "death" in the first place.
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Perhaps the most direct means of accomplishing the experience of ego death is through ingestion of psychedelic drugs [1] such as LSD, salvia divinorum, psilocybin, mescaline, or DMT.

Joe Rogan (comedian) talks about his experience with ego death through DMT
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The loss of my ego really changed me for the better. I wouldn't say it happened all at once, but through a few weeks of psychedelic experiences. Some of the biggest and most important changes I noticed in myself were that I found honesty became hugely appealing and loss of exhaggeration led to me learning to tell truth in a more creative and descriptive way than I ever could. Although that is only one aspect of my ego death, it is one of the most interesting.

Do you have an ego?