Tag: ego
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How to Love One’s Self and Working with the Fear of Loving
The act of loving one’s self feels right. It makes sense. It is simple, “love your self”. And, it is very complicated because there are parts of ourselves that we resist acknowledging, let alone loving. Loving one’s self is a continual process of uncovering smarter and kinder ways of relating to our self, to others…
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The Crawley Sisters and Downton Abbey as a Cultural Dream
We can think about Downton Abbey as a cultural dream because it points to what is still unconscious for individuals, families and the larger cultural family. A dream brings attention to that which is still out of balance. For many Downton Abby by PBS, not only depicts an historical time and place,1912-1923 England, but a…
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Relationship Advice My Ego Does Not Want to Hear
In the previous post I said, “The power of a confused ego is underestimated.” This confusion can harm our relationships or serve as a doorway into deeper, richer, more intimate relationships. In that article I was showing how the ego can mistakingly distort our view of other people, spiritual practices or life it- self. This…
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Materialistic Values Hidden in Spirituality
Everyone needs material things, a healthy sense of pride, and a means to personal and spiritual satisfaction. We have all experienced our materialistic attitudes out of balance. It is how we know our spirit, when we are losing it or when it is gone. That is how we come to value it and even want…
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Suicidal Ideation and Ego Death
Suicidal ideations are ideas, ideas about killing oneself that are mixed with overwhelming emotional pain. I have talked with many people over the years concerning suicide and found it was an opportunity to examine the unexamined. In our conversations we looked at where these ideas were coming from and how they were mixed up with…
