Seeking fame is a form of ego gratification.

The insecure nature of the ego requires it to constantly seek affirmation and validation from sources outside of itself. This is necessary in order for it (the ego) to justify and accept the basis of its own reality.

The ego is a very insecure mechanism. It has to seek sources outside of itself to add support and proof to what it contends is real and valid. The ego is a mechanism of the left-brain analytical mind. You could call it the “user interface”. Ego has its foundation of what is real, based on your current attitudes, opinions and beliefs. Since this is (for many people) a changing and evolving foundation, the ego is always seeking to prove what it believes is valid from the physical world, through the five senses.

Fame is proof to the ego that it’s version of what’s real is actually valid.

Because other egos applaud, respect and take seriously what it presents as real and valid, it therefore must be real and valid. Fame therefore is a band-aid attempting to stop the never ending insecurity of the ego.

Why would the ego be insecure?

The reason is, the ego is constantly trying to justify a changing reality which is the by-product of your attitudes, opinions and beliefs. The ego is constantly attempting to create new anchor points, in which it can find solid ground, for what it currently attempts to justify as real. Part of finding that solid ground is needing recognition…The more insecure the ego, the greater amount of recognition it requires to pacify the feeling of insecurity.

Anyone who seeks fame because they need adulation is attempting a short-term fix for a feeling of insecurity. Short-term because fame never lasts.

Your true self bases its validity, upon the knowingness of how the process of life works. True self does not need fame or any other kind of recognition. It is not made insecure by the changing foundation of attitudes, opinions and beliefs. It’s supported and validated by the very experience of growth and expanding consciousness. The same things which create insecurity and the need for validation in the ego.

True self relies upon the mastery of the process of the life experience for its validation. Ego seeks its validation from the illusion of reality we perceive through our five senses. True self perceives the whole picture which is both the inner and outer experience of life. Ego, is limited to only the temporary and ever changing outer experience.

Sometimes fame comes as a by-product to those who’s mastery of the process of life reaches beyond the moment and establishes a new benchmark of what is real and possible. In this situation it provides a means of continuing the exploration and discovery. For this person fame is nothing more than a tool, necessary for reaching a wider audience with a greater truth.

-Bob Baran