“There is nothing that strengthens the ego more than being right. Being right is identification with a mental position - a perspective, an opinion, a judgement, a story. For you to be right, of course, you need someone else to be wrong, as so the ego loves to make wrong in order to be right.” NeedsStoriesOrderCoursesOpinionPositionPerspectiveEgoJudgementIdentification Book:A New Earth (Oprah #61): Awakening to Your Life's Purpose Source: A New Earth (Oprah #61): Awakening to Your Life's Purpose
“With any level of success you get some non-musical things that come along - money, ego - and it's easy to lose your perspective and get off doing what you did to get there.” EasyLosesLevelsPerspectiveEgoMusical Author:Joe Walsh
“Melancholia for Freud is the relationship that the subject takes up with respect to itself from the position of what he calls conscience or what he later calls the super-ego. And that can be lacerated - if you think of the anorexic who sees themselves from the perspective of the image they have, of the image they have of themselves in the mirror which is false - that would be the super-ego. Super-ego is what generates depression and it is what has to be dealt with in psychoanalysis.” IfsThinkingWould BeSubjectsPositionPerspectiveEgoConscienceMirrorsPsychoanalysisAnorexics Author:Simon Critchley
“Transcendence gets you beyond ego. If you go beyond ego, you see all of this in a more decent perspective and you can start to put all the pieces together. We haven't done that yet. Not as a civilization.” IfsDoneTogetherPiecesHavensPerspectiveCivilizationEgoDecentTranscendence Author:Edgar Mitchell
“Compassion has been advocated by all the great faiths because it has been found to be the safest and surest means of attaining enlightenment. It dethrones the ego from the center of our lives and puts others there, breaking down the carapace of the selfishness that holds us back from an experience of the sacred. And it gives us ecstasy, broadening our perspectives and giving us a larger, enhanced vision.” GivingMeanHas BeensFoundCompassionVisionOur LivesPerspectiveEgoEnlightenmentSacredSelfishnessEcstasyBreaking DownGreat Faith Book:The Spiral Staircase Source: The Spiral Staircase
“I think it’s very important to live in the present. One of the great things that improvising teaches you is the magic of the moment that you’re in … because when you improvise you’re in right now. You’re not in yesterday or tomorrow—you’re right in the moment. Being in that moment really gives you a perspective of life that you never get at any other time as far as learning about your ego… You have to see your unimportance before you can see your importance and your significance to the world.” ThinkingWorldGivingImportantMomentsTeachMagicPerspectiveTomorrowRight NowEgoImportanceYesterdayGreat ThingsSignificanceThat MomentLive In The PresentImprovising Author:Charlie Haden
“You can move beyond the ego's perspective and see reality from the perspective of a higher consciousness.” RealityMovingConsciousnessPerspectiveHigherEgoHigher Consciousness Author:Steve Pavlina