All the World's an Ego

Or… are we naturally schizophrenic?

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“Egotism sucks us down like the law of gravity.” Cyril Connolly

Two roads diverged in a field of mind,
Each path well-worn, by habit long defined.
One labeled "Ego," paved with wants and fears,
The other, "Being," whispered softly through the years.

I, traveler weary, paused with wrinkled brow,
A lifetime's journey…