Following my last entry, I wish to share something relevant from a book that I am currently reading. This is a paragraph extract under the topic of 'Allowing the Diminishment of the Ego'.
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"Another aspect of this practice is to refrain from attempting to strengthen the self by showing off, wanting to stand out, be special, make an impression, or demand attention. It may include occasionally refraining from expressing your opinion when everybody is expressing his or hers, and seeing what that feels like."
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*Excerpts from A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle*
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He explains further under the same topic, different para that a powerful spiritual practice is to consciously allow the diminishment of ego when it happens without attempting to restore it. He explains that the ego is always on guard against any perceived diminished sense of self and usually is already on an automatic ego-repair mode through self justification, defense or blaming so to preserve the psychological form or false sense of "me". Hah! How true to my own experience! He explains further that all repair mechanisms make perfect sense to the ego but are in fact, all dysfunctional. How true that most of us live our lives dysfunctionally in a state of unconsciousness... and how fortunate, to be able to consciously choose once again our intention of any next course of action...
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