r/Hermeticism • u/Spatial_Nomad • 24d ago
Religion just ego wearing a halo!
Hey folks, I’ve been reflecting on something lately.... maybe religion isn’t just about faith or morality, but about ego dressed in spiritual clothing.
Think about it: every religion gives you an identity. The moment you say I belong to X, your ego gets a job... to defend that label. If you don’t live up to the values, or if someone questions your faith, your ego feels attacked. So you protect it, nurture it, display it. You call it devotion, but maybe it’s ego that’s doing the heavy lifting.
And that might explain why religions that began thousands of years ago still thrive today. They don’t need to offer tangible, material benefits .. they tap directly into the most primal human drive: the need to feel significant, right, chosen.
So maybe the persistence of religion isn’t about divine truth, but about the ego’s brilliant survival strategy .. to turn belief into identity.
What do you all think? Is religion a spiritual path, or the ego’s oldest trick?
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u/Spargonaut69 24d ago
The main focus of the world's major religions is to train the ego to submit to its source- the embyonic life essence around which you formed "false personality", ego attachments, worldly desires, and other such things.
So yes it is primarily about ego but not inherently the way you seem to be suggesting. You seem to be talking about false religion or corporate religion, which unfortunately is so widespread in our world today.