Nadine
Yogi
Mar 30, 2004, 2:22 PM
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Re: [Bec] EGO IS NOT A DIRTY WORD
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Thanks for those lyrics Linda - they were going through my mind in class too. I think it's important to make the distinction between ego - the part of the mind, which can be a good thing as it is there to proctect us from harm even if it does it in not very helpful ways sometimes, and egocentrisim - the behaviour whereby people think they are the only person in the world like a 3 year old. Those things get confused sometimes. I know for example of people with high egocentrism levels, who have low self esteem and so generally not a good sense of ego.
Anyway I'm making friends with mine. I had a good long talk to it, thanked it for it's past work in protecting me from perceived threats to my fragile little self, told it that I honoured and accepted it as part of me but that it had to back off in some areas and not protect me from things that were emotionally threatening to me as wee kiddie and that I was a big person now and could make decisions without it's reactive input, thanks very much. I'm happy to report we have been getting on much better ever since
Namaste
Nadine (and her ego)
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