Tag: ego
-
Judgment a gateway to Self-love
Good or Bad. Right or Wrong. Fun or Boring. Easy or Difficult. Beautiful or Ugly. Every day, we’re surrounded by judgments, whether on the television or in our own minds. Our culture is strongly attached to categorizing and comparing. Despite our best efforts, we all judge others. It might be over small things, like a…
-
Me, Myself & My Shadow
Our journey of Self-Exploration is a bit like Dante’s Inferno. Before making our way out of “hell” we must walk through the depths of our inner darkness. Many religions symbolize these experiences well. Two famous examples include the case of Jesus who had to face Satan in the desert and Buddha’s encounter with Mara (the…
-
The Wonderful Experience Of Self-Sabotage
I love positive “self” compound words: self-love, self-confidence, self-awareness, self-esteem, self-acceptance and so on. I appreciate these because of the experience I’ve had with that other self-word: self-sabotage. Living a conscious life means understanding that in spite of our best intentions, each of us will sometimes sabotage ourselves. When this happens, it is important to…
