Posted in Perceptions on Aug 17th, 2009 No Comments »
Egoic Self is a Recycled Self
Yesterday, in his afternoon talk at the Ridhwan School’s summer retreat, A.H. Almaas referred to the recycled self. This is our normal sense of self – a false identity based on self-images and history. This self is engaged in constant ego activity which includes mental, emotional and physical patterns of [...]
Posted in Perceptions on Sep 16th, 2008 1 Comment »
What is the Ego Self?
Is the ego self something we need to reject?
The ego self is what most refer to when they say – me, I, me self, you, her, him, and etc. The ego self is the sense of self that most people have any awareness of.
That awareness is usually very vague. Very few [...]
Posted in Observations on Jun 28th, 2008 No Comments »
Understanding object relations theory gives one invaluable insight into themselves and others.
Object Relations Theory is the idea that the ego-self exists in relation to other objects, which may be external or internal. The internal objects are internalized versions of external objects, primarily formed from early interactions with the environment (primarily parents).
Three fundamental “affects” that can [...]
Posted in Perceptions on Mar 29th, 2008 No Comments »
Development of the Ego – sounds like a constuction site project and in many ways it is. There are foundations, structures, images (facades) and much more that seem similar to a housing project – and why not – when all is said and done a person lives within that structure – most are shut-ins, fearing [...]
Posted in Questions on Mar 9th, 2008 No Comments »
Identity – Ego Identitiy – True Identity
What’s the deal with identity anyway. I remember my parents challenging me with – who do you think you are? At the time I was just a kid – I didn’t have a clue who I was and they didn’t seem to be helping me found out much either.
What [...]
Posted in Questions on Mar 3rd, 2008 1 Comment »
What does the term *EgoDeath* exactly mean, in brief?
Ego death, as I think it should be defined, is a set of insights about, and a powerful experience of, the impotence and logical invalidity of the accustomed apparent control-agent who seems to reside in the mind. Ego death is associated closely with the loss of [...]
Posted in Poetry on Sep 10th, 2007 No Comments »
Friends
before you is a madman
listen, not to his words
they are lies
and he, a greater liehow arrogant his quest
these many many years
thinking to find himself
and something greater
far beyond
thoughts and wild imaginings
he thought it brave and bold
to laugh at death
and pain and sorrow
the human condition
while chasing elusiveness
he strayed
to far beyond
listen, not to his words
they are lies
and he, [...]
Posted in Observations on Jul 29th, 2007 No Comments »
How about those times when something totally unexpected arises? You think you have an idea of where your life is going and – whoosh – you’re left standing in front of the unknown. Does your mind, like mine, scurry to understand, to get things back on track – or do you observe, also like me, [...]
