Natural Freedom

That when you lose your ego you actually become more confident.

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The honey doesn't chase the bee.

A wise man once said "I find that a duck's opinion of me is influenced by whether or not I have bread."

So true.

It's like the ego percieves its own abscence as a lack of self-respect and personal integrity, when in fact it's the exact opposite.

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"Simply put, you being in her life is a BLESSING. Her wronging you in any way is her own self-inflicted CURSE, and if she does wrong you, then let the punishment fit the crime. Her life will absolutely SUCK without you."

I agree Alchemist, another thing I find is that you also become more empathetic of yourself thereby loving yourself more.

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The honey doesn't chase the bee.

A wise man once said "I find that a duck's opinion of me is influenced by whether or not I have bread."

so how did you lose your ego?

I know we had a few posts about it and Kidd & Grinus talked about it too.

But what did you do exacly?

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"a sniper is the worst romancer, he never makes the first move"

You don't have to drop it completely to see changes... I'm practicing unattachment to people and things and that worked well for me, so far

I experienced what they call The dark night of the soul. When bad shit happens to you, it can be a very posotive thing.

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The honey doesn't chase the bee.

A wise man once said "I find that a duck's opinion of me is influenced by whether or not I have bread."

I'm kind of feeling it now sometimes after reading 'those' two books. But I do feel much more free and indifferent so that's a good thing.

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"a sniper is the worst romancer, he never makes the first move"

Yeah, I did too.. It was like "I give everything up, it's no use." But it actually helped.

Sniper, when you have an experience that completely humbles you and you don't give a shit about "looking cool' anymore or anything like that, and ONLY care about how you view yourself (It happens automatically), you can consider your ego officially ko'd and you get to live free. It's hard for me to go deeper right now becasue this is new to me, but now I know what Kidd and 'grinus were talking about.

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The honey doesn't chase the bee.

A wise man once said "I find that a duck's opinion of me is influenced by whether or not I have bread."

I like this Mannija, it happens to me frequently now, and it's cool because I know that it is for bettering yourself. it's a really serene type of feeling that you experience during these times. no anger, no animosity, just humbleness and serenity.

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"I'd rather have no bitch than a half a bitch" Iceberg Slim

Very

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In building a statue, a sculptor doesn't keep adding clay to his subject.He keeps chiseling away at the inessentials until the truth of its creation is revealed without obstructions. Perfection is not when there is no more to add,but no more to take away.

Yup, you start patting yourself on the back like you would a best friend, and that's a very powerful place to be!

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The honey doesn't chase the bee.

A wise man once said "I find that a duck's opinion of me is influenced by whether or not I have bread."

Then you just are.

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There is no individual doer of any action or deed. Yet deeds are done and actions happen.

You make (reading from the way you write your questions) for my taste, it to much into an: intellectual and "(what to) do" excercise.
While losing ego (in the inflation of your own greatness (and other not) self, the attachement and personal ownership sense) isn't exactly something that happens through excersises. Imo doing excersise so to lose ego, often make it only worse.

If a person is lucky, it can happen for him by for instance by giving up attachment to the outcome of his/her actions or by personal mental conclusion (about truth).
And if not, then it's bad luck for that person.
I'm not sure how debating and doing all kinds of excersises will help it though.

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There is no individual doer of any action or deed. Yet deeds are done and actions happen.

Like I told Sniper, the Make-A-Wish foundation kids have completely lost their ego's, look deeper at them to find out how.

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The honey doesn't chase the bee.

A wise man once said "I find that a duck's opinion of me is influenced by whether or not I have bread."