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Author:  Star_Above [ Tue Aug 23, 2011 11:37 am ]
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That when you lose your ego you actually become more confident.
Author:  Alchemist [ Tue Aug 23, 2011 11:53 am ]
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ManniJa wrote:
That when you lose your ego you actually become more confident.
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.
Author:  Star_Above [ Tue Aug 23, 2011 12:09 pm ]
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I agree Alchemist, another thing I find is that you also become more empathetic of yourself thereby loving yourself more.
Author:  Sniper [ Tue Aug 23, 2011 12:40 pm ]
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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?
Author:  fufe [ Tue Aug 23, 2011 12:41 pm ]
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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
Author:  Star_Above [ Tue Aug 23, 2011 12:57 pm ]
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Sniper wrote:
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?
I experienced what they call The dark night of the soul. When bad shit happens to you, it can be a very posotive thing.
Author:  Sniper [ Tue Aug 23, 2011 1:01 pm ]
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ManniJa wrote:
I experienced what they call The dark night of the soul. When bad shit happens to you, it can be a very posotive thing.
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.
Author:  fufe [ Tue Aug 23, 2011 1:06 pm ]
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ManniJa wrote:
Sniper wrote:
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?
I experienced what they call The dark night of the soul. When bad shit happens to you, it can be a very posotive thing.
Yeah, I did too.. It was like "I give everything up, it's no use." But it actually helped.
Author:  Star_Above [ Tue Aug 23, 2011 1:14 pm ]
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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.
Author:  Sai [ Tue Aug 23, 2011 2:09 pm ]
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ManniJa wrote:
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.
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.
Author:  rant [ Tue Aug 23, 2011 4:19 pm ]
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Sniper wrote:
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?
Quote:
I was searching for the truth, and the truth came knocking on the door, and I shouted "go away, I'm searching for the truth!"

Robert Pirsig
Author:  peregrinus [ Tue Aug 23, 2011 8:10 pm ]
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ManniJa wrote:
That when you lose your ego you actually become more confident.
Very :ugeek:
Author:  Star_Above [ Wed Aug 24, 2011 1:48 am ]
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Prodigy wrote:
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.
Yup, you start patting yourself on the back like you would a best friend, and that's a very powerful place to be!
Author:  scarface [ Wed Aug 24, 2011 4:37 pm ]
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ManniJa wrote:
That when you lose your ego you actually become more confident.
Then you just are.
Author:  scarface [ Wed Aug 24, 2011 4:59 pm ]
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Sniper wrote:
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?
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.
Author:  Star_Above [ Wed Aug 24, 2011 6:48 pm ]
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scarface wrote:
Sniper wrote:
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?
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.
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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