Quotes by Ego This is going to be a hard task for you, first to attain and then to lose - because you can lose only something which you possess. If you don't possess it, how can you lose it? Rajneesh egotasksfirsts The child is born with a Self but not with an ego. The child develops the ego. As he becomes more and more social and related, ego develops. This ego is just on your periphery where you are related with others - just on the boundary of your being. So ego is the periphery of your being, and Self is the center. The child is born with a Self, but unaware. He is a Self, but he is not conscious of the Self. Rajneesh egoselfchildren There are only two states of consciousness that exist - the state of the ego and the state of love. The ego is the narrow state, the seed-form, the atomic stage; love is all encompassing, love is God. The center of the ego is I; the ego exists for itself. The nectar of love is the universe. Love exists for all. Rajneesh egolove-istwo Misery nourishes your ego - that's why you see so many miserable people in the world. The basic, central point is the ego. Rajneesh egomeanpeople Attachment is the shadow of the ego. Attachments are immediately created wherever you see 'I am'. Rajneesh egoshadowattachment Become detached from your ego, become detached from your possessions. Become simply detached from every possible source of attachment. Rajneesh egosourceattachment When you are not the doer how can the attachment happen? You do a small thing and you become attached. You say, "I have done this." You would like everybody to know that you have done this and you have done that. This ego is the barrier for the supreme understanding. Drop the doer and let things happen. That's what Tilopa means by being loose and natural. Rajneesh egoattachmentmean Pride is one of the socially acceptable sins in some corners of the evangelical culture. Its just straight-out ego gratification - how important I am; whether my name gets on the building or on the TV program or in the magazine article. Richard J. Foster egopridenames As we know from our government, the more power you have, the more of a bureaucrat you are, and the more ego you have invested in being right, the greater the odds are that you will never change your opinion. Richard Linklater egogovernmentodds Piety is a discipline of the will through respect. It admits the right to exist of things larger than the ego, of things different from the ego. Richard M. Weaver egodisciplinedifferent Why get killed when you can run ... your ego will heal much faster than a broken jaw. Richard Pryor egobrokenrunning It's apparent that we can't proceed any further without a name for this institutionalized garrulousness, this psychological patter, this need to catalogue the ego's condition. Let's call it psychobabble, this spirit which now tyrannizes conversation in the seventies. Richard Rosen egonamesneeds The human ego prefers anything, just about anything, to falling, or changing, or dying. The ego is that part of you that loves the status quo – even when it's not working. It attaches to past and present and fears the future. Richard Rohr egopastfall The ego knows itself by comparison. Richard Rohr comparisonegoknows Much of what is called Christianity has more to do with disguising the ego behind the screen of religion and culture than any real movement toward a God beyond the small self, and a new self in God. Richard Rohr egorealself God, give me a good humiliation every day. It's good for the soul and it's good for the ego. Richard Rohr egosoulgiving The ego hates losing – even to God. Richard Rohr egohatelosing Mastering – or, if you prefer, integrating – the psyche is the work of a lifetime….This mastery is not holding the psyche in rigid subjugation (which is impossible in any case), nor is it a matter of having a maniacally religious ego lording it over the emotions and the body. Rather, it is being centered in the still, small voice that is the true 'I' of the spirit. Richard Smoley egovoicereligious In terms of the ego, most religions teach in some way that all of us must die before we die, and then we will not be afraid of dying. Suffering of some sort seems to be the only thing strong enough to destabilize our arrogance and our ignorance. I would define suffering very simply as whenever you are not in control. Richard Rohr egostrongignorance I think most human beings are dualistic thinkers. It gets them through the day. It gives them a sense of superiority and security - that's what the ego wants. Richard Rohr egogivingthinking«4748495051525354555657»
