The Ego has clearly shown us it's not our friend. So why do we still try to protect it?

[Rosecrans]

Great discussion y'all

 

[Fresh]

The arrogant or need to please people to be popular are the parts of the ego that need to be checked, not the entire ego itself

 

[SeveroDrgnfli]

"Hang on to your ego but I know you're going to lose the fight."


- Brian Wilson

People agree with statements about letting of ego because they sound nice. The ego is one of the most important parts of the human spirit. I think ego is hard to manage without practice because it has it's own mind. A strong spirited person with knowledge of self can tame the ego. My ego is my flaming sword and shield. I can project my ego around me and my loved ones. I send my ego to do my bidding when I can't physically be present. I consult with my ego when I meditate and he and I have a great relationship.

When I was a kid my ego did destroy my life because my spirit was weak.

 

[LiveFromLondon]

Long story short, my sidepiece (who was clearly beneath me by every metric) dumped me for some other dude.

I was TORE UP about it for over a year.

Mines got married like last month, hadnt fukked with her in years but was like when i found out. Never really cared for her but everytime i found out she was messing with someone else i always felt slighted. My ego always took a hit for someone i cared nothing about which is

 

[Maximus Rex]

been known

 

[MJ Truth]

This is an actual thread. I’ve been working on controlling my ego for the last week or so. Lot of valuable stuff in here.

 

[xXOGLEGENDXx]

For those saying their ego is their identity I ask you "How?"

How can that be your identity when it could change with the social climate? How can that be YOUR identity when it is dictated by other people?

It's all so OTHER PEOPLE will think you are dominant
It's all so OTHER PEOPLE will believe you are well off
It's all so OTHER PEOPLE will assume you are not soft
It's all so OTHER PEOPLE will respect you

If you were the last/only person on Earth, would you still have a need for it?

 

[Rosecrans]

For those saying their ego is their identity I ask you "How?"

How can that be your identity when it could change with the social climate? How can that be YOUR identity when it is dictated by other people?

It's all so OTHER PEOPLE will think you are dominant
It's all so OTHER PEOPLE will believe you are well off
It's all so OTHER PEOPLE will assume you are not soft
It's all so OTHER PEOPLE will respect you

If you were the last/only person on Earth, would you still have a need for it?

 

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For those saying their ego is their identity I ask you "How?"

How can that be your identity when it could change with the social climate? How can that be YOUR identity when it is dictated by other people?

It's all so OTHER PEOPLE will think you are dominant
It's all so OTHER PEOPLE will believe you are well off
It's all so OTHER PEOPLE will assume you are not soft
It's all so OTHER PEOPLE will respect you

If you were the last/only person on Earth, would you still have a need for it?

Real.

 

[Earnings]

There was a similar thread on here where brehs was discussing the brain in the stomach but I can't find it. If somebody is familiar link me plz!

 

[360dagod]

Today I made it a point to periodically stop and ask myself "what are you afraid of?"

Stop worrying about why that woman in the checkout line across from me is staring so hard. Stop worrying about how I'm going to afford to pay to get my power steering pump fixed.. etc. Even considering the worse case scenario, why am I afraid?

Felt so good checking the emotional responses to all the nonsense mind chatter. This is what I call liberation but just the tip of the iceberg.

shyt is a day to day struggle

 

[Earnings]

How to stop protecting my Ego?

Found thread for anybody interested

 

[Pazzy]

Had to reup this thread. For the past something months, I've really been observing how ego really fukks people up in the head where they literally are humiliating and embarrassing themselves to feel like somebody to people. The need to feel right, think everything is all right and etc. Things just have to be correct and can never be incorrect.

I lurk social media and I see that shyt like wow...... really? It's just cringeworthy

And at the end of the day, are they like self content with what they're doing. Do they feel fulfilled? What did they win? Are they truly happy? Like does it really matter what anybody aside from themselves feel. I feel like nowadays being humble or modest is seen as a bad thing. Like its all two extremely. Feeling inferior and feeling superior. There's no just let things be as they are and accept the perfections and imperfections for as it is.

 

[Hungerpain]

What's the alternative?

 

[King Jae]

For what its worth....I only flex my ego after ppl try to make me a slave to theirs...if I have a problem with somebody its for a legitimate reason...not over bullshyt emotions....if a naga violate and do some shyt he know he wouldn't like done to him...and they still do it...it's fukk em for life...only God can make me change my mind....