“Have you ever wondered why the slang terms for intoxication are so demolition-oriented? Stoned, smashed, hammered. It's because they're talking about the Ego. It's the Ego that gets blasted, waxed, plastered.” TermTalkingEgoDrunkennessIntoxicationSlangHammeredDemolition Author:Steven Pressfield
“The highest state of meditation is Samadhi, where there is no ego anymore, no doubts, no me, no you, no notion of time, no eating, no talking, no walking, no working and not doing anything at all, realizing that the Self is action-less.” SelfStatesActionRealizingTalkingDoubtMeditationWalkingEgoEatingHighestNotionNo DoubtSamadhi Author:Dharma Mittra
“Every single one of the major world faiths, whether we're talking about Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Darwinism, Judaism, Christianity and Islam, have all come to the conclusion that what holds us back from our better self is ego, selfishness, greed, unkindness, hatred. And it all springs from a sense of thwarted ego.” WorldSelfTalkingChristianityBuddhismEgoMajorsSpringHatredIslamGreedConclusionSelfishnessHinduismJudaismDarwinismConfucianismUnkindnessChristianity And Islam Author:Karen Armstrong
“When I'm talking to people, I find myself quoting the three organizing rules of Black Lives Matter. Black Lives Matter was initiated by three young women, and too few people know that. But, anyway, the first one is lead with love. The second is low ego, high impact. The third is move with the speed of trust. I must say those make me feel very hopeful for the future.” PeopleKnowsFeelsFirstsMatterMovingYoungThreeBlackTalkingEgoLowsThirdsImpactSpeedHopefulYoung WomenBlack Lives MatterQuotingBlack Lives Author:Gloria Steinem
“When we start talking about gurus, first of all we're starting to talk about something that can't be talked about, in the sense that you can never really know what a guru is as long as you are imprisoned by your own thoughts and circular ego. The true guru is someone who's transcended all that. And we don't know anything about that.” KnowsFirstsLongTalkingEgoStartingGuru Author:Krishna Das
“Once you are afraid of death you are bound to be afraid of life. That`s why I am talking about this Hasidic approach. The whole approach consists of methods, ways and means of how to die - the art of dying is the art of living also. Dying as an ego is being born as a non `ego; dying as a part is being born as a whole; dying as man is a basic step towards being born as a God.” MenWayMeanArtWholeDiesBornTalkingStepsDyingEgoApproachArt IsMethodBoundsArt Of LivingAfraid Of DeathAfraid Of Life Author:Rajneesh
“The ego is nothing but condensed unawareness. When you become aware by and by that condensed unawareness we call 'ego' disappears. Just as if you bring a lamp into the room - and the darkness disappears. Awareness is the lamp, the lamp we were talking about the first day. Be a lamp unto yourself.” IfsFirstsRoomsTalkingDarknessAwarenessEgoSelf AwarenessDisappearLampsUnawareness Author:Rajneesh
“That's the ego talking. But it's not the real you. You are a good and wonderful person. You are kind. You have a compassionate nature.” KindPersonsRealTalkingWonderfulEgoCompassionateReal YouWonderful Person Author:Gelek Rimpoche
“That's why we cannot love, because with the ego, love is impossible. That's why we go on talking so much about love, but we never are in love. And whatsoever we call love is more or less sex, it is not love; because you cannot lose your ego, and love cannot exist unless the ego has disappeared. Love, meditation, godliness, they all require one thing - the ego must not be there. That's why Jesus is right in saying that God is love, because both phenomena happen only when the ego is not.” HappensJesusSexLosesLove IsTalkingMeditationImpossibleOne ThingGoes OnEgoAnd LoveGodlinessGod Is Love Author:Rajneesh