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The Ego
Lesson One
Before we start this lesson, let’s take a moment to watch this video, and settle our mind.
What is the ego?
Many people say many things about the ego. I will share mine, which feels clear and helpful.
Ego is a smart part of your mind. It links what you know and learn, both seen and unseen. It is the part of you that helps you get through your day, more easily.
Some people say ego is just bad. Others split it in parts and get lost in too much detail. But look at this simple view, below – it shows why ego is key to who you are:
Ego learns from the world.
It watches what you see and hear,
From TV, people you know, and books.
Every day it takes notes about how folks act and think.
When you are learning to do new things, ego thinks back: It looks in your memory for clues as to how to do it. It will help suggest things you can try, it may not get it 100% correct, and you will still have to help out.
Ego helps you choose for the best.
But only, if you pass it’s test.
It wants you to think for yourself.
It wants you to ask – “Is this right for myself?
That means your thoughts are not all yours. Sometimes they come from what ego picked up from others, even from some bad acts. Ego is not trying to tell you to act on that idea! Ego is saying, “That might be an option?”.
The way you handled and felt about your past experiences affect your future thinking. So, it’s good to be with people and ideas that lift you up and give you supportive advice.
It is also good to be with people that do not keep telling you that you are wrong.
Pick your friends wisely, because, they too, also affect those ideas that your ego collects, as options that might be useful, in future.
Friends can be funny, fickle creatures,
They can find you funny, with your unique features
But often that mirth, it is all one sided.
Friends like that can be hard to handle, and can bring you down.
Who need to always feel better than you,
Because they sometimes end up taking you down too.
But we will help you with people like that,
To find those friends that treat you right.
You must watch your thoughts. Think about if they help or hinder? Then you can change or drop those that do not fit who you want to be. Ego learns what you teach it.
Teach it carefully.
If you don’t do this, and you are near bad role models, you will likely copy their ways too and grow in the same bad path.
Positive Affirmation of the Lesson
Set yourself a firm intention – To become a teacher, and find a friend in your ego
That is the end of this lesson. Now you can go and relax. Rest for at least ten minutes now. Let this information soak in.
Lesson Video
Appendix: Additional Notes
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