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 (or even simply discomfort) and suffering, or identifying the difference between a thought/idea that is steeped in ignorance versus one that is providing valuable knowledge/insight, is simple in principle, but the distinction often requires a … Read MoreRead More

Podcast Ep. 51 [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

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

The Greatest Knowledge Comes From Within

True Self-Awareness and understanding come from within. This is why Yoga is a personal journey. Self-Realization (as Patanjali reminds us in the Yoga Sutras) can only be attained in a space that is free from ego and distortion (whether this is the … Read MoreRead More

What You Own And Create

Humans often have a delusion that they do, or can, own more than they would ever even want to take responsibility for truly owning in their lifetime. This delusion is due to ignorance and an ego desire for domination or … Read MoreRead More