Is the ego Satanic?

[Benjamin Frank 2.0]

If all glory is to go to God, including the accomplishments of an individual, then is that person claiming credit for those accomplishments acting through their ego being led astray from God?

Obviously there is a need for self interest for individual survival, but I think if humans could remain humble there would be many less problems in the world.

Not that there aren't other human fallibilities and not that I'm perfect by any means (obviously), but I think the ego is dangerous.

I've often spoken out here against the dangers of national myths. I think many myths are the result of human ego as well at the macro level. I.E "America is exceptional!"

Of course, I don't think it's a surprise that a person like me with very little ambition would be more likely to express these views. So, maybe it's important for people with ambition to have a greater ego and clearly very little would get done in the world without ambitious people.

[Antonio the Sixth]

The separation of the Self from the rest of consciousness is, almost by definition, the root cause of all evil. Without this distinction, evil wouldn't even be conceivable, as our desires would be in line with everyone else's. Of course, at the same time, the Self is still a fragment of the universal consciousness, so it would do us no good to deny it or try to suppress it. All we can do is make a conscious effort to try to see our Self reflected in the experiences of others, and try to feel about those experiences like we feel about our own.

[Blue3]

I guess it depends on your definition of "ego" but remember, Jesus said to treat others as you'd like to be treated... and I don't think Jesus's assumption here is that you should treat yourself terribly. Some self-love is healthy and necessary.

The separation of the Self from the rest of consciousness is, almost by definition, the root cause of all evil. Without this distinction, evil wouldn't even be conceivable, as our desires would be in line with everyone else's. Of course, at the same time, the Self is still a fragment of the universal consciousness, so it would do us no good to deny it or try to suppress it. All we can do is make a conscious effort to try to see our Self reflected in the experiences of others, and try to feel about those experiences like we feel about our own.

I'm not sure I agree with this.

[Associate Justice PiT]

     The ego as a sense of self-awareness is a God-given faculty, but as the Devil doesn't create he perverts these faculties to lead us away from God. In this case, the ego is used to foment a desire for praise from men that replaces God, the proper referent of our actions.

[HillGoose]

That is what my brother says - I see his argument, but don't totally believe it myself, although I'll admit I haven't dug into the concept much.

[PSOL]

The ego most likely does not exist, and Satan does not.

[°Leprechaun]

The ego most likely does not exist, and Satan does not.

There is the Buddhist concept of the non self:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anatt%C4%81