If Your Ego Is Bigger Than Existence Itself, Then It Might Only Be Full Of Itself

If you place value on the thoughts, opinions, and judgments of others (good or bad), then, most likely, you also place value on your own thoughts, opinions, and judgments, which means that you are giving more relevance and importance to … Read MoreRead More

What Is The Ego? | The Deceptive “self” That Binds

The ego sense-of “I” needs “others” and things to survive and to exist; it is born, dies, and is reborn based on shifting “markers of identity” tied to body-mind experiences, “accumulations,” “relationships,” and “losses,” and it is inherently bound to … Read MoreRead More

Sutra Studies Week 51: Check-In | The Distinction Between Pain And Suffering (Ignorance And Knowledge/Awareness)

Making the distinction between pain and suffering, or ignorance and knowledge, is simple in principle, but the distinction often requires a high level of discernment, which is where things fall apart for most people. If a person is steeped in … Read MoreRead More

Sutra Studies Week 50: Reflections On Sustaining A Mind-Field That Grows No Seeds Of Ignorance (2.26) [Excerpt]

“Now, the good news, fortunately, is that the eightfold path provides a clear roadmap to the dissolution of this ignorance that is systematic and easy to follow. The one thing to be aware of here…is that even with this seemingly … Read MoreRead More

Sutra Studies Week 41: The Breeding Ground For All Karma Is Rooted In The Five Obstacles Of ‘Ignorance, Egoism, Attachment, Hatred, And Clinging To Bodily Life’ (Sutra 2.12)

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Sutra Studies Week 40: Reflections On The Many Challenges Of Ego-Overidentification And How Meditation “Works Them Out” (Sutras 2.10-2.11)

“This Seer [Drastuh] can enjoy pleasure without suffering, experience pain without suffering, and live without attachment to any of the constantly changing forms, compulsions, and experiences in the world.” … Read More

Sutra Studies Week 40: The Many Challenges Of Ego-Overidentification And How Meditation “Works Them Out” (Sutras 2.10-2.11)

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Sutra Studies Week 39: Reflections On The Five Obstacles To An Effective Sadhana Practice (Sutras 2.3-2.9) [With Guided Meditation]

“Your ego-self, which identifies with your body-mind instrument as if it were who you truly are, is your suffering vehicle, and to practice Nirodha (Nirodha Parinamh), or setting it aside to stand in the truth of your self brings peace … Read MoreRead More

Sutra Studies Week 39: Check-In | Creating Destruction And Suffering In The Pursuit Of Endless Empty Desires And Egoic Distortions Is One Of The Ultimate Manifestations Of Human Ignorance

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Ego Trauma

If you are unrealized (not Self-Realized due to an overidentification with false ego-attachments/distortions and uncontrolled dependence/compulsions/drives to things outside of you or imagined within you, ie a false sense of self beyond the True Unchanging/incorruptible Self, etc), then you are … Read MoreRead More

A Reminder For Each New Moment

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An “I Am” Exercise For Your Practice | Cultivate Self-Awareness

You are not your body (perceived as “good or bad”). You are not your mind (perceived as “good or bad”). You are not your social titles (perceived as “good or bad”). You are not your occupational titles (perceived as “good … Read MoreRead More

How To Avoid Identifying With The Illusion Of Maya & The Ego

If you have ever watched someone reduce themselves (or others) to their bank account, their title, their body, their car, or some other arbitrary, temporary, and/or artificial (often blatantly false) sense of self-accomplishment, such as the approval or rejection of … Read MoreRead More