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your past, you are not defined by your thought<br />
processes – all those things change over time.<br />
You are everlasting, pure and constant. To find<br />
yourself you need to scrape everything else<br />
away,<br />
your true joyful self lies<br />
under the ego.<br />
So where does the ego come from? As we grow<br />
we develop opinions related to ourselves. “I<br />
am good at writing, I have stumpy legs, I can<br />
sing well, I am terrible at maths, I am awkward<br />
in social situations… “. None of those opinions<br />
would exist if we were the only human alive -<br />
they are all comparative. Those opinions form<br />
a unique mixture of superiority and inferiority<br />
complexes as your ego. If you were born in<br />
the wilderness with no contact with humanity<br />
you would still have a sense of self, an ego,<br />
but it would be an interiority complex – totally<br />
uncomparitive and healthy.<br />
So an unrealistically healthy ego is fully<br />
accepting yourself without comparing yourself<br />
to anybody else.<br />
Once you can accept<br />
yourself as you are you can<br />
celebrate what makes you<br />
different<br />
and that is when you can be the awesome<br />
version of yourself that you were designed to<br />
be.<br />
Realistically we all compare ourselves to others<br />
in some ways. In the capitalistic word we live<br />
in we need to make comparisons in order to<br />
survive. However, we have many habits that are<br />
unnecessary and through diligent practice we<br />
can strip them away. Looking around the urban<br />
environment so many of us live in, we can see<br />
unhealthy ego traits everywhere. Selfie culture,<br />
conversations all about talking and not about<br />
listening, competitiveness in the workplace<br />
and even the yoga studio! Not to mention the<br />
epidemic lack of self-confidence sweeping the<br />
world.<br />
So let’s wrap this up. You are not only your<br />
ego. Try and get to know your true self under<br />
the ego – and often this means stripping the<br />
ego away. You need an ego in the capitalist<br />
world so try and make it a healthy one by<br />
gradually changing your habitual superiority<br />
and inferiority complexes. Then use your ego<br />
to help you express your unique qualities and<br />
achieve what you want to achieve. You are here<br />
in this crazy beautiful world and you can do<br />
great things – your ego can help you, don’t let it<br />
hold you back.<br />
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Be.one - 53 - Wellness
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