What is Ego Death?

[vinceTM]

Can anyone explain to me what Ego Death is?

EDIT: Also, don't quote Wiki, that is the reason I am asking, is cause I didn't understand Wiki.

[Phredrick]

I didn't look very hard but this might help(?¿?)\

http://www.ahalmaas.com/glossary/e/ego_death.htm

[masterofpuppets222]

That was actually a pretty awesome read through there, thanks for the info! +rep

[Wolfie]

I'm sure ego death is subjective to whomever is experiencing it. I've had "ego death" while tripping on acid or peyote. Basically,(to me anyway), it is a point in your trip where you realize just how insignificant you are in the universe. It's letting go of all attachment to your surroundings, your relationships, and yourself. It's a frightening and humbling experience. It doesn't happen every time I trip, thank God. It is a rare and special occurance that's happened maybe twice in my lifetime.

[Falc]

Ego trip is one of the main reasons I hate tripping. It's exactly as wolfie described it, where your ego just completely disappears. You pretty much have no self esteem.

[Pinkfloyd]

What wolfie said was exactly how i felt on my 1 and only bad trip ever experienced.

[Falc]

In my opinion it was a good experience to have under my belt for the sake of experiences to make me stronger emotionally, that's all I can say for it though. With mine, I tried to quit my job and break off everything with girlfriend/friends, fortunately I couldn't find my phone. I was just sitting there thinking, why am I going through this stress and trouble when they don't matter? These people, this job, my school, it isn't necessary to my survival as a human being, therefore, it is obsolete and I should stop wasting my time, especially since there are many other, better, people out there.

I wonder if it has something to do with the drug's effects on your brain physically or if it is just...something?

[withinyouwithoutyou]

My outlook on life could be considered ego death, but its the opposite of what falcon0r said, I see it as something beautiful, and instead of being concerned and indulged in myself along with the materials around me, I stay focused on the beauty and mystery of life, to just go with the wind in a way. "It's only after you've lost everything, that you're free to do anything." =]

[Pinkfloyd]

I guess I'm kinda "glad" i had a bad trip because with how many times I've tripped it was bound to happen sooner or later. I couldn't talk to anyone. I was just walking around by myself. My friends would try to come talk to me and i would scream at them to leave me the fuck alone. I can't really recall what was going threw my head that day because it was about 3 years ago, i just know i was in a total mindfuck until the shrooms wore off, at which point i took a roll and felt better.

[Ukera]

I'm sure ego death is subjective to whomever is experiencing it. I've had "ego death" while tripping on acid or peyote. Basically,(to me anyway), it is a point in your trip where you realize just how insignificant you are in the universe. It's letting go of all attachment to your surroundings, your relationships, and yourself. It's a frightening and humbling experience. It doesn't happen every time I trip, thank God. It is a rare and special occurance that's happened maybe twice in my lifetime.

Am I the only one who experiences feelings like that just when I think hard about stuff?

[mcdizzle28]

My ego death experience involved forgetting that I was a human being or what a human being was. Damn you salvia.

[masterofpuppets222]

"It's only after you've lost everything, that you're free to do anything." =]

Fight Club = GOD.

[withinyouwithoutyou]

Unfortunately, my experience(s) always come in the night when I'm laying with my girlfriend. I find myself staring at her like shes some sort of alien, not saying I don't love her because I do, but the idea of a human being and that I am able to touch, move, feel, taste, hear, and smell her and everything around me just freaks me out sometimes and just makes me go into a huge debate of wonder.

[Falc]

Unfortunately, my experience(s) always come in the night when I'm laying with my girlfriend. I find myself staring at her like shes some sort of alien, not saying I don't love her because I do, but the idea of a human being and that I am able to touch, move, feel, taste, hear, and smell her and everything around me just freaks me out sometimes and just makes me go into a huge debate of wonder.

Reality can get pretty trippy sometimes, but I know exactly what you are talking about.

[Renegade]

Am I the only one who experiences feelings like that just when I think hard about stuff?

It's called depression..?


My ego death experience involved forgetting that I was a human being or what a human being was. Damn you salvia.

Haha ya I feel ya. Those 5 minutes of "so this is what reality really is" and not knowing anything...

[Duece It Up]

You can definitely can still have personal spiritual identity, yet experience Ego Death (whether micro scale: ie tripping, or macro scale: ie life?..)

It is dismantling the current dimensional self image of ones self. Blissful indifference. It can be scary to feel like you have no recollection of that face staring back at you in the mirror.

But when you learn to let go in the right way, there is nothing more beautiful than to let your physical shadow immerse itself in the majestic beyond where you see, feel, and know, that we are all connected.

I have only experienced this on 5 grams of shrooms, and of course, free based DMT.

Ego simply keeps the economy going, destroy it ;)

[withinyouwithoutyou]

Wow, that was one of the best reads I have read in awhile, everything I wanted to say you summed up pretty well while enlightening me.