"The ego is a false sense of self based on mental concepts. It is identification with the body and mind-identification with form, which primarily means thought forms."
-Eckhart Tolle
Examples of Egoic Patterns:
-Blaming, Judging, Accusing, Gossiping, Complaining.
-Identifying with mental positions, needing to be right, needing to have "enemies", applying negative mental labels to people.
-Demanding recognition for something you did and getting angry or upset if you don't get it.
-Trying to get attention by talking about your problems, the story of your illness or making a scene.
-Giving your opinion when nobody has asked for it and it makes no difference to the situation.
-Being more concerned with how the other person sees you than the other person, which is to say, using other people for egoic reflection or as ego enhancers.
-Trying to make an impression on others through possessions, knowledge, skills, abilities good looks, status, physical strength and so on.
-Bringing about temporary ego inflation through angry reaction against something or someone.
-Taking things personally being offended.
-Making yourself right and others wrong through futile mental or verbal complaining.
-Wanting to be seen or appear important.
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Thank you to Dr. Strix for sharing.
-Blaming, Judging, Accusing, Gossiping, Complaining.
-Identifying with mental positions, needing to be right, needing to have "enemies", applying negative mental labels to people.
-Demanding recognition for something you did and getting angry or upset if you don't get it.
-Trying to get attention by talking about your problems, the story of your illness or making a scene.
-Giving your opinion when nobody has asked for it and it makes no difference to the situation.
-Being more concerned with how the other person sees you than the other person, which is to say, using other people for egoic reflection or as ego enhancers.
-Trying to make an impression on others through possessions, knowledge, skills, abilities good looks, status, physical strength and so on.
-Bringing about temporary ego inflation through angry reaction against something or someone.
-Taking things personally being offended.
-Making yourself right and others wrong through futile mental or verbal complaining.
-Wanting to be seen or appear important.
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Thank you to Dr. Strix for sharing.
great!
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ReplyDeleteMaybe better .... EGO = 1 / wisdom
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