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the ego likes to emphasize the 'otherness' of others

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Body awareness not only anchors you in the present moment. It is a doorway out of the prison that is the ego.

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When you let go of the belief that you should or need to know who you are, what happens to confusion? Suddenly it is gone. When you fully accept that ...more

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I don't want it to end, and so, as every therapist knows, the ego does not want an end to its “problems” because they are part of its identity. If no ...more

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Some churches, sects, cults, or religious movements are basically collective egoic entities, as rigidly identified with their mental positions as the ...more

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The most common ego identifications have to do with possessions, the work you do, social status and recognition, knowledge and education, physical app...more

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Ego-identification with things creates attachment to things, which in turn creates our consumer society and economic structures where the only measure...more

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How you are seen by others becomes the mirror that tells you what you are like and who you are. The ego's sense of self-worth is in most cases bound u...more

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The primary cause of unhappiness is never the situation, but you thoughts about it. Be aware of the thoughts you are thinking.

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What you usually refer to when you say “I” is not who you are. By a monstrous act of reductionism, the infinite depth of who you are is confused with ...more

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Some churches, sects, cults or religious movements are basically collective egoic entities, as rigidly identified with their mental positions as the f...more

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Somebody becomes an enemy if you personalize the unconsciousness that is the ego. Non-reaction is not weakness but strength. Another word for non-reac...more

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When you don’t cover up the world with words and labels, a sense of the miraculous returns to your life that was lost a long time ago when humanity, i...more

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Words, no matter whether they are vocalized and made into sounds or remain unspoken as thoughts, can cast an almost hypnotic spell upon you. You easil...more

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There is nothing that strengthens the ego more than being right. Being right is identification with a mental position - a perspective, an opinion, a j...more