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Ego
Ego
Ego is the birthplace of your self-will. It’s the incubator in which all of your little selves are hatched. It’s the petri dish in which all the different permutations and combinations of your Self that you present to the world are created. Ego is an internal assembly line that cranks out entitlement, shame, grandiosity, willfulness, intolerance, and judgmentalness, three shifts a day, twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, fifty-two weeks of the year. Ego is the supporting cast member who seeks to impose his will on everybody and everything, insists on going it alone in life, and continually clings to that which does not work. She’s the supporting cast member who honors your fears, plants doubt in your mind, and second guesses the choices you make. Ego’s the voice within that demands proof, has faith only when it’s convenient, and raises procrastination to an art form. He’s the supporting cast member that must be right all the time, insists on making everyone else wrong, yet refuses to practice what he preaches. She’s the energy within that demeans everything you do and say, judges unmercifully who you are and what you’re not, and sabotages your moments of emotional and spiritual well-being. Ego is the Lord of your character defects and as such must be [re]claimed in order to be transformed. There are higher forms that Ego can transform into. They are merely awaiting your willingness to let go, surrender, and detach from the death grip you maintain on Ego. For in letting go of your reliance on Ego, you can then open up to experience your entire supporting cast members as higher incarnations of who they really are. Ego Sense of Self Agitator Conceit Entitled Fragile Frail Greedy Insecure Lazy Possessive Prideful Privilege Provocateur Shallow Small Smug Stingy Trickster Willful Core Emotions Anger Acquisitive Cheated Contempt Covetous Cower Craving Deprived of what is owed. Desire Disdain Dread Envy Fear Gluttony Irate Jealous Longing Lust Malice Outrage Panic Pettiness Terror In Relationship Towards Self & Others Belittle Bossy Commanding Critical Demanding Derogatory Dominate Domineering Dictatorial Egocentric Egotistical Enticing Exploitive Manipulative Menacing Seducing Self-Absorbed Self-Centered Self-indulgent Self-serving Selfish In Relationship/ Experience of Others Controlling Discourteous Indomitable Inflexible Intimidating Mean Not Understanding Punitive Rigid Slanderous Strict Unfair Unyielding Withholding World View Me Big Overwhelming The world exists to serve you Unsafe Unloving Tensions That Awaken Ego Change Defeat Disappointment Failure Fatigue Frustration Hunger Loneliness Loss Not getting own way Unfamiliar circumstances or environment Unfulfilled needs Willfulness being defeated Fears Being Exposed Equality Helplessness Impotence Inadequacy Ineptitude Inferiority Powerlessness Present Moment Letting go Not being center of attention Not having own way Surrendering Avoidance Response Chaos Drama Excuses Justifications Temper Tantrums Physiological Reaction Anger Apathy Agitated Aroused Deprivation Detachment Disinterest Fatigue Indifference Jealousy Provoked Tantrums G.B.U. Steve here is the link to this page....this is only one chapter of the book....and there is plenty of information to work through. http://www.aliveandwellnews.com/web%...tle_page.shtml
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