Comments on: EGO PROBLEMS

By: Sherryn Patterson

Sherryn Patterson — Sat, 04 Jun 2011 11:14:02 +0000

OMG! this has been just mind blowing information I must say. I have learned so very much from stumbling across this article also posts. My 12 year old daughter has desided to write her persasive speach on EGO! as she is a School leader she would like to make a difference. And that she will certainly try, to convay. All of this info has been really fantastic and shall be put to great use. God works in the most amazing ways. Thank You both!

By: Sid

Sid — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 00:25:53 +0000

Liana,

Thanks for your excellent link on transcending the ego…I have made a copy of it and plan to post it on my blog soon.

I also see the ego as a survival mechanism necessary for our adaptation but not as our real identity…to me the core of the ego are learned expectations which if unfulfilled is a source of painful disappointments and meaninglessness…I approach these problematic expectations by using a form of mantra meditation repeating the words “let go”and “surrender” in reference to these expectations and the message eventual reaches the subconscious mind and the expectations vanish…essentially it is a form of self hypnosis.

Sid

By: Liana Dicus

Liana Dicus — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 17:15:13 +0000

This is also a great article, “Transcending Ego: An Attainable Goal” by Andrew Cohen http://www.andrewcohen.org/teachings/transcending-ego.asp

I like the perception shift of what our ego really is. To me it is an interface between the physical and spiritual. We have to be able to survive and identify ourselves as separate to do so. If we don’t survive, then we don’t get to evolve to have the creative spiritual experience that is our potential. As soon as we, as spiritual seekers, stop resisting an essential aspect our selves we can evolve. It only takes a second. I’m still practicing that second over and over though. This is where humor really
does help…thanks, Sid! It’s all important, it just doesn’t have to be that serious.