people undergo development of the ego, or personality, in their youth. during this time they are molded by key events that trigger chemicals in the brain and store them as vivid memories. as people age out of their youth, these events no longer occur and the brain's ego is at a standstill. people become stuck in the tastes of their youth, for the rest of their lives, reflecting and reliving on the past. this is because the ego is equivalent to a mask we hold in front of our faces. we know what we want to be, and we mold that mask look the way we want. but this is the two sides to us, the part of us that acts like what we want to be (the part that turns pure thoughts into english) and the part of us that KNOWS what we want to be, and the ego feeds off of this like a parasite, striving to be like it. this is the source of all religion. god vs the devil. the devil is a fallen angel that tried to be like god; the devil is your ego. i mean that just as a metaphor, not in the belief of a real devil. it is the dualism created by having two waking brain states that are interacting with each other and therefor aware of each other, and collectively aware of their 'self', which is the 'self' that we are.
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