The big “I” (EGO) What Is the Ego? Human nature is a desire to enjoy, and the ego is the intention to enjoy at others’ expense. Our desire to enjoy is divided into three main parts, individual, social and spiritual desires. Individual desires are food, sex, family and shelter. Social desires are desire for money, honor, control and knowledge Spiritual desire — or more accurately, the nucleus of a spiritual desire (called a “point in the heart”) that questions life’s meaning and purpose. It starts emerging when…