Tag: ego
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Calming Breath Practice: Tongue Tricks and Tranquility Juice
Read time 3 minutes. A calming breath practice or three to help dissolve the ego. Long before I knew much about Zen, I stumbled upon an interesting practice. One night, for reasons I can’t remember, I tried to imitate Tibetan throat singing with childlike sincerity. The deep rumble filled me until it felt like my…
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Feeling Free All the Time: The Oh Yeah State of Mind
Read time 2 minutes. Feeling Free All the Time is the first stand alone article in our Spiritual Immersion series. Back in The Studio Season 1, I was talking about the Kool-Aid Man, Randy Savage, and Slim Jims. I left you with a promise: there’s a connection here. And so… Obviously, the whole “Oh Yeah”…
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One Hand Clapping. It’s a Vibe
Read time about 3 minutes. Introducing the new Greatfruit Zen Mind. Sometimes a phrase becomes a cliché in real time.And sometimes, you still have to use it—because it’s just too perfect. So here we go: Greatfruit Zen Mind: It’s a vibe. (Ugh. I just threw up in my mouth a little bit.)Allow me to explain……
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The Nature of Ego: Echoes Without a Cause
Read time about 3 minutes. Explore the nature of ego, identity and reality. This stand alone article is part of our new model of reality series. What is the nature of ego?And what does Joseph Goldstein mean when he says,“…thoughts themselves are the thinker”? The 5 Phantoms of the Ego tells us ego is a mirage—a…
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From Clarity to Conflict: The Five Phantoms of Ego
Read time 6 minutes. How distinction gives rise to the phantoms of ego—and the illusion of self is born. This stand alone article is part of our new model of reality series. We’ve already laid the groundwork. Unfiltered Vision introduced the nature of pure perception—non-dual and transparent. In our exploration of distinction, we saw how the unbiased separation…
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The Illusion of Self: Stink Lines of Reality
Read time approximately 4 minutes. The illusion of self is like a mirage, a heat shimmer. How much we buy into it is a matter of perception. This stand alone article is part of our new model of reality series. All of this talk that the ego is illusion—how can this be possible? The sense of self…
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Dig, If You Will, An Ego: The Shape of You
Read time 3 minutes. Pretend the ego is a ballon and awakening is a ‘POP.’ This stand alone article is part of our series on awakening. Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to get through this thing called—self. If you have been following along, then you are aware that, from time to time, we experience mini-awakenings—momentary…
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Become a Verb: Practice of Self-inquiry in Review
Read time 5 minutes. Become a Verb is a stand alone article in our Who Am I series. Our exploration into the practice of self-inquiry has stretched across ten lessons—sometimes direct, sometimes meandering, always circling back to the same essential question: Who am I? The aim has not been to collect more theories but to transform intellectual understanding…
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Who Am I?: Making Sense of A Practice of Self-Inquiry
Read time 4 minutes. This is a stand alone article in our Who Am I series. In our recent discussions, we’ve been unpacking the Zen ego in order to better recognize the false sense of self. Now, as we turn toward realizing our true nature, the question naturally arises: Who am I? Self-inquiry is often presented as one…