Tag: ego
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Launch Spiritual Awakening By Taking The Seat of The Witness
Read time 3 minutes. Launch Spiritual Awakening is a stand alone article in our Who Am I series. A quick sidebar in our discussion of the ego. One of the core premises here is simple: self-inquiry can serve as a powerful launch point for spiritual awakening. Letting go of the ego—remembering who you are beneath it—eases mental…
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Zen Ego: Me Against The World
Read time 5 minutes. Zen Ego is a stand alone article in our Who Am I series. As we touched on in the last lesson, the practice of self-inquiry begins not by asking who am I? but by clarifying who I am not. Any honest attempt will inevitably circle back to our old companion: the Zen ego. By this I mean…
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Discover Your True Self By Understanding Who You Are Not
Read time 3 minutes. Discover Your True Self is a stand alone article in our Who Am I series. In the next series of writings, we’ll step deeper into the distinction between the true self of Tao and the false self of ego. There are many approaches to truth, but one path stands out for its…