If ego is the enemy, why not humiliate yourself on purpose?

Buddhism teaches us that ego/pride is the cause of all suffering.

In the movie Revolver, the main character (Jake) transcends his ego and reaches enlightenment by realizing his ego was behind all his suffering, so he apologizes to his enemy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUeGv4fzsdg

As mentioned in this link: http://theliberatedlotus.com/insight-from-revolver/, Jake is "deflating his own ego by purposefully inflating his enemy’s ego. This is unacceptable to the ego’s pride and defense mechanisms thus an excellent source of transcendence. Whenever we do the opposite of the ego’s desires it loses power and control over the mind and we reach a new level of inner peace and calm... Jake battles his ego while trying to forgive his enemy and subject himself to being possibly seen as inferior. He asks for forgiveness for his stupidity, in other words openly admitting humiliation to his perceived enemy. This is a major transcendence of his ego by releasing any attachment to status, pride, or the secret pleasure of grudges, thus eliminating all sources of a perceived ‘enemy’ in the first place"

So if the key to liberation is to do "the opposite of the ego’s desires" and "subject [yourself] to being possibly seen as inferior" and "openly admitting humiliation to [your] perceived enemy", then shouldn't we try to humiliate ourselves on purpose all the time since that goes against our pride?

Why not do embarrassing things more often, such as fart in public, wear women's clothing in public if you're a man, behave like an infantile clown, bow to the feet of people who've disrespected you, etc? After all, if you feel shame about it, you should realize the real enemy is your ego, not other people laughing at you, right? Wouldn't that invite people to just walk all over you since they won't take you seriously and know you won't retaliate?

Submitted March 28, 2018 at 10:51PM by 74throwaway https://ift.tt/2pPy4ll