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RE: The Three Types of You: Body, Consciousness, and Ego
good read. you know whats interesting thou and weird, the fact that every 7 years apparently our body reproduces hole completley new cells, so if thats the case why do we age? we should be regenerating or shedding our skin so to speak.
also you didnt mention the Id, or the super ego.
"According to Freud's model of the psyche, the id is the primitive and instinctual part of the mind that contains sexual and aggressive drives and hidden memories, the super-ego operates as a moral conscience; and the ego is the realistic part that mediates between the desires of the id and the super-ego."
interesting stuff!
The id is the unconscious. Super-ego can be looked at in 2 different ways: another term for social influences that impose ethical norms from culture or tradition, influencing who we become. It's formed from influences of living and experience. And the other is as the goal for higher, realer, truer living is morality, but not culturally imposed ethical norms as those can be false and immoral. The aspiration for the ideal and good is what our conscience leads us towards, if operating correctly and being listened to. The conscience is part of consciousness, and partly influenced by our ego-personality-identity. So I did't consider it as distinct on it's own. Ego is part of consciousness too, but a upper layer from influences. Conscience is unconscious and conscious in consciousness, signalling right and wrong thoughts and feelings.
Edit: But yeah, super-ego of conscience development in moral comprehension is an important part of who we are. I considered it part of consciousness as I have relate din my other work. I forgot to include it here, thanks for mentioning it.
I... got confused just reading your response... but no problem!