Our ego is what the mind thinks we are. It is an image of ourselves which grows out of our life experiences — our body, sex, race, religion, culture, education, socialization, fears, and desires.
There is a great pressure on us to develop an integrated and assertive ego, and from an increasingly younger age. We are supposed to know exactly who we are and what we believe and are supposed to be able to defend that identity.
And unfortunately, Social Media is like crack for our egos. Waiting for that next notification, upvote, like, comment, snapchat, while those applications profit from the data we are creating.
The more strongly we identify with something, the more strongly must we reject its opposite. Therefore, the strongest, most obsessive egos belong to the least complete beings.
Egos can create unnecessary anxieties and hold us back from our true potentials.
Meditation and mindfulness can also help quiet your ego. The first step is in simply acknowledging your ego.
Egos are not in charge, you are. Egos distract us from what's truly important.
"Our ego’s are like negative, fear- filled children that need to be loved and disciplined. We need to self correct our negative, immature, childish, fearful, reactive energies – and the only way we can do that is to first become aware of them working within us."
"When you are present, you can allow the mind to be as it is without getting entangled in it. The mind in itself is not dysfunctional. It is a wonderful tool. Dysfunction sets in when you seek your self in it and mistake it for who you are. It then becomes the egoic mind and takes over your whole life." - Tolle
Ego should be regarded as a tool, which can be sharpened and polished to employ your own path.
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