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Confidence is key. I’ve said it and you’ve read it, many a time in many a form. Having a strong sense of self and belief in your value as an individual can truly be a critical element to your success at home, in the office, in relationships and generally in life. But, what happens when that sense of value gets a little out of hand? Or even a lot out of hand? Keeping tabs on your ego is also critical to harnessing the power of self-confidence.
Ego derives from the Latin and Greek word, “I” and in English is used to mean the “self,” or “identity.” It’s a belief system you have that identifies your place in this world. So what happens when that belief system becomes skewed a little (or a lot) out of whack and you find that you’ve turned into “that guy” or “that girl” that everybody loves to hate: the ego maniac. Is that really so terrible? Yes, yes and YES. On multiple levels. Time to rein it in cowboys and girls, because your ego is going to destroy you.
Thank you. Wayne Dyer. So encouraging, speaks right to my core and shakes it up good. Loved listening sooooo much. Say a prayer for me.
Ego is a lie in itself.. Ur idea of who u are is something u created however it’s not necessarily true. Ego is never-ending and is a prison to keep u from ur true self. The awakening and the love that is inside u. It’s there to drive u crazy and is what creates insecurity. Humility and spirituality and submitting ur ego to the loving nature of the universe is the only way to live
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I disagree with this general tendency to dismiss the ego in modern day spirituality. I don't hold to the view that it is something we must discard. It has benefits as well as drawbacks. To know how to negotiate and process the ego we must first understand what it is and why it's there. The first thing to understand on this subject is that we are points of creation designed to grow into the worlds we are in and importantly to unify with them and to bring them benefit. A good analogy is that of a seed. To grow and mature into a mighty tree a seed both gives and takes from it's environment. All plants do this. We must not only grow into the world, but also become a part of it. Only after a period of that can we begin to bare fruit into the world and be of benefit to those around us. This drive to grow into the world is the source of a lot of the perturbation, fear and conflict associated with the ego BUT THIS GROWTH IS UNAVOIDABLE, so to try to stop it is futile. No growth comes without struggle and perturbation. Since the ego is a natural and essential part of us, the key is to harness it as a force for good rather than attempt to discard it. There is much to explain and understand about this, so much that a book ought to be written about it. The ego does have it's draw backs, but by being conscious of those, and appropriating its inherent creative drive, we can turn something that's widely held to be negative into something positive.
What book is this from?
Thank you for helping me tonight 🤠
Thank you for that advice