“In the West, we think of sports and athletics as individual achievement, the thrill of victory, the agony of defeat; it all revolves around the ego. This has nothing to do with the Zen of sports and athletics.” ThinkingIndividualSportsHealthBuddhismVictoryEgoAchievementWestDefeatAgonyThrillAthleticsIndividual Achievement Author:Frederick Lenz
“The man who sailed around his soul From East to West, from pole to pole With ego as his drunken captain Greed, the mutineer, had trapped all reason in the hold” MenSoulReasonHe ManEgoWestGreedEastTrappedCaptains Author:Andy Partridge
“One of my biggest Achilles’ heels has been my ego. And if I, Kanye West, the very person, can remove my ego, I think there’s hope for everyone.” IfsThinkingPersonsHas BeensEgoWestRemoveHeelsLecturesOxfordAchillesOxford UniversityAchilles Heel Author:Kanye West
“The thought of both East and West (philosophies) can indeed be integrated into a higher truth. They show us that the West is correct in maintaining that life is about progress about evolving toward something higher. Yet the East is also correct in emphasizing that we must let go of control with the ego. We can't progress by using logic alone. We have to attain a fuller consciousness, an inner connection with God, because only then can our evolution toward something better be guided by a higher part of ourselves.” PhilosophyShowsLife IsConsciousnessProgressEvolutionHigherLetting GoEgoConnectionsLogicWestEastEvolveMaintainingSomething BetterIntegratedSelf ConsciousnessEast And WestCelestine Prophecy Author:James Redfield
“Here are two dichotomies here. In the West it is a very physical practice, and even meditation is a practice to become productive and more at peace. In the East, you think of the deep spiritual practices as a journey of complete dissolution of the self, the ego.” ThinkingTwoSelfSpiritualPracticeMeditationJourneyEgoWestEastProductiveSpiritual PracticeDissolutionDichotomyDeep Spiritual Author:Karan Bajaj
“In the West, it is the opposite, like you are using these practices [meditation and yoga ] to further your ego by being more productive, being more this, and getting more out of your work and earning more money. In the East, the whole idea is that you are dissolving your essence through these practices.” IdeasWholePracticeMeditationLike YouEgoYogaEssenceOppositesWestEastProductiveMore MoneyEarningDissolvingMeditation And Yoga Author:Karan Bajaj
“What is Kanye West's message? Like most rap, "I am the greatest person ever and you're not." I used to call it affirmative action for the ego.” PersonsActionUsedEgoMessagesWestRapAffirmative ActionAffirmative Author:Bill Maher
“In the West the whole Western tradition of religion and psychology propounds, preaches, persuades people to have strong egos - because unless you have a strong ego, how can you survive? Life is a struggle; if you are egoless you will be destroyed. Then who will resist? Who will fight? Who will compete? And life is a continuous competition. Western psychology says: Attain to the ego, be strong in it.” PeopleIfsWholeLife IsFightingStrongStrugglePsychologyEgoTraditionCompetitionWestWesternDestroyedLife Is A Struggle Author:Rajneesh
“But in the West it is very easy to dissolve the ego. So whenever a Western seeker reaches an understanding that ego is the problem he can easily dissolve it, more easily than any Eastern seeker. This is the paradox - in the West ego is taught, in the East egolessness is taught. But in the West it is easy to dissolve the ego, in the East it is very difficult.” ProblemEasyDifficultUnderstandingTaughtEgoWestWesternEastParadoxEasternSeekers Author:Rajneesh