Psychotherapist, President of the Italian Society for
Photosynthesis Psychotherapy
and VP of the European Federation of
Photosynthesis Psychotherapy.
"The ego is the worst confidence trickster
we could ever figure, we could ever imagine.
‘Cause you don’t see it."
Dr. Steven C. Hayes, Ph.D.
Clinical Therapist, Foundation Professor at UNR
President & Founder of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
And the single biggest con is…”I am you.”
Clinical Psychologist
Freud Memorial Professor of Psychotherapy at UCL
The problem is that the ego hides in the last place that
you’d ever look -within itself.
In creating this
imaginary external enemy,
it usually made a real enemy for ourselves,
and that
becomes a real danger to the ego,
but that’s also the ego’s creation.
In that sense, you
could say that 100 percent of our
external enemies are of our own creation.
Founder of the Conscious Living Foundation
Author of "Journey into Now"
It disguises its
thoughts as your thoughts, its feelings as your feelings.
You think its you. People have no clue
that they’re imprisoned.
They don’t know that there is an ego. They don’t know
the distinction.
Andrew Samuels, Ph.D.
Professor of Analytical Psychology,
University of Essex, UK
People’s needs to
protect their own egos knows no bounds.
They will lie, cheat, steal, kill, do
whatever it takes,
to maintain what we call ego boundaries.
Psychiatrist
Physician, Researcher, Lecturer
At first it’s
difficult for the mind to accept that there’s some -something
beyond itself,
that there’s something of greater value and greater capacity for discerning
truth than itself.
*Deepak Chopra, M.D.
Chairman and co-founder of the Chopra Center
for Well-Being, Author
In religion the ego
manifests as the devil.
And of course, no one realizes how smart the ego is
because it created the devil so you could blame someone else.
In creating this
imaginary external enemy,
it usually made a real enemy for ourselves,
and that
becomes a real danger to the ego,
but that’s also the ego’s creation.
There is
no such thing as an external enemy,
no matter what that voice in your head is
telling you.
All perception of an enemy is a projection of the ego as the enemy.
Dr. Obadiah S. Harris, Ph.D.
President of the Philosophical Research Society and Author
Your greatest enemy, is your own inner perception,
is your own ignorance, is
your own ego.
-The Ego Has Landed - Guy Ritchie
(Revolver 2008)
The film stars Jason Statham as Jake Green, Ray Liotta as Dorothy Macha, and André Benjamin (a.k.a. "André 3000") as Avi. It centers on a revenge-seeking confidence trickster whose weapon is a universal formula that guarantees victory to its user, when applied to any game or confidence trick. This is the third feature film by Ritchie which is centered on crime and professional criminals.
The Bhagavad Gita (Sanskrit भगवद्गीता, Bhagavad Gītā, "Song of God") is one of the most important Hindu scriptures. It is revered as a sacred scripture of Hinduism, and considered as one of the most important philosophical classics of the world.
"Do without attachment the work you have to do.
Surrending all action to ME, freeing yourself from longing and
selfishness, fight - unperturbed by grief." (Bhagavad-Gita)
Once all claims on work have been renounced, including
whether it will succeed in its intent, the karma yogi's actions
no longer swell the ego.
People usually approach work in terms of its consequences
for their empirical selves --the pay or acclaim it will bring.
This inflates the ego. It thickens its insulation and thereby
its isolation.
The Way to God Through Work
Huston Smith
The World's Religions
While going through my journal entries last night, I saw that my original thesis idea was on theego as an adversary throughout the world's religions. Realizing this, I've decided to write my research paper using this point as the basis and also revising the submitted thesis.
Although you've already signed off on it, there were revisions I wanted to make anyway; and so I'm emailing you the present approach to the subject and will submit it tonight based on my initial point of view.
This is the revamped thesis:
A common source of contention in all world’s religions, is the selfishly-centered perspective of the individual ego personality.
The ego, is a psychological component in everyone that functions as a sense of self (me), separate from others, and its commitment to the preservation of personal concerns of the individual life.
Religion is always ultimately, a call to life lead by a will or ideal beyond our own.
All religious pursuit points to and is primarily concerned with transcendence of the self, be it personal or impersonally.
It is a paradox that a sense of selfish concern and defense is a prerequisite for a successful religious and spiritual adherence.
Yet, I will show that it is this very egotistical component of the psyche that serves to undermine the best efforts of the God-seeker.
Personified as the Accuser (causing disobedience) in Judaism, Satan (causing sin/separation) in Christianity, Shaitan/Iblis (causing forgetfulness) in Islam, Anarchy in Confucianism, Pain in Hinduism, Mara (causing suffering) in Buddhism and the failure to comprehend attunement/wholeness in Taoism, it is nothing more than our very own externally projected adversarial egos …a common religious enemy.
THE ADVERSARIAL EGO
A Common Religious Enemy (A Major Religious Enemy)
QIAN MECHALITH
My recreation, my preference, my cure from all Platonism has always been Thucydides. Thucydides and, perhaps, Machiavelli's Principe are most closely related to myself by the unconditional will not to gull oneself and to see reason in reality-not in "reason," still less in "morality."
One must follow him line by line and read no less clearly between the lines: there are few thinkers who say so much between the lines. With him the culture of the Sophists, by which I mean the culture of the realists, reaches its perfect expression... Thucydides: the great sum, the last revelation of that strong, severe, hard factuality which was instinctive with the older Hellenes.
In the end, it is courage in the face of reality that distinguishes a man like Thucydides from Plato: Plato is a coward before reality, consequently he flees into the ideal; Thucydides has control of himself, consequently he also maintains control of things.
Thucydides: Greek historian and author of the History of the Pelloponneisan War, which recounts the 5th century BC war between Sparta and Athens to the year 411 BC Thucydides has been dubbed the father of "scientific history" due to his strict standards of evidence-gathering and analysis in terms of cause and effect without reference to intervention by the gods, as outlined in his introduction to his work.
He has also been called the father of the school of political realism, which views the relations between nations as based on might rather than right. His classical text is still studied at advanced military colleges worldwide, and the Melian dialogue remains a seminal work of international relations theory. More generally, Thucydides showed an interest in developing an understanding of human nature to explain behavior in such crises as plague, genocide (as practiced against the Melians), and civil war.
"It is a general rule of human nature that people despise those who treat them well, and look up to those who make no concessions."
"But, the bravest are surely those who have the clearest vision of what is before them, glory and danger alike, and yet notwithstanding, go out to meet it."
Raizo is a world's deadliest Special Forces Ninja Assassin. Orphaned as a child, he is raised by the Ozunu Clan (The Black Sand Clan), which is believed by the world to be a myth. When the only love he has known, Kiriko is executed by the Clan for betrayal, Raizo begins to harbor a resentment towards the Clan. When his first official mission is completed, he is told to execute one of his fellow members for the same reasons Kiriko was killed. He rebels against them, nearly dying in the process, and goes into hiding and seeking revenge on his former family. Meanwhile, Mika Coretti is a Europol agent who investigates money linked to a long line of political murders and finds that it traces back to the clan. She defies her superior, Ryan Maslow and uncovers agency files to find out more. The Ozunu, finding out about the investigation, attempts to assassinate her, but she is rescued by Raizo. Now being pursued in Berlin, Raizo and Mika must find a way to take down the Ozunu Clan permanently and stay alive from the shadowy warriors from which there is no place to hide.
James McTeigue: Assistant director of the Matrix trilogy, Star Wars II: Attack of The Clones, and he made his directorial debut in the 2006 film V for Vendetta. Jeong "Rain" Ji-hoon: Often known simply as Rain, is a South Korean pop singer, dancer, model, actor, businessperson, and designer. Naomie Melanie Harris: an English screen actress known for her starring role as Selena in 28 Days Later and her supporting turn asTia Dalma (Calypso) in the second and third Pirates of the Carribean movies.
LORD SHO KOSUGI: a Japanese martial artist with training in shinto-jinen style karate who gained popularity as an actor during the 1980s, usually playing a ninja.
So I have this rule about movies:
If there's no black people in the movie,
I don't rent it, buy it, or go to see it.
I'll buy a movie if there's at least 1 black person in a lead role; or, if there are no African-American actors, give me a Latino, Asian, or some other person of color that I can identify with. If it's an all white cast -forget it.
I don't finance a colorless world-view of things for nobody. That being said, if the movie falls into one of my interests, I don't care who's in the movie. What I'm talking about is funding a target audience for entertainment that does not included me -or those that look like me -or the larger community of people of color.
So I said all that to say, that if I knew that Naomie Harris
was the co-lead in Ninja Assassin, I would've been there opening day!
Are you kidding me? Ninjutsu! And Naomie as the co-lead!
And the asian hero in the movie isn't depicted in some culturally
typical and/or unempowered way. Hours before seeing it, I read that it was a Joel Silver & Wachowski Bros. production.
Now why is it that the Wachowski Brothers are
the only white guys in the film industry who consistently include
Black people prominently in their movies??
Let me tell ya this, ...they get MY money because they do.
When was the last time you saw a Black or Latino family
featured on the Learning Channel?
Are there no working class people of color with multiples???,
or Dwarfism??
-PEEP GAME PEOPLE
AN EMANATION FROM HERO MECHALITH http://heromechalithmillennium.blogspot.com/ www.mechalithmillennium.com
Sogyal Rinpoche's acclaimed spiritual classic is widely regarded as one of the most complete and authoritative presentations of the Tibetan Buddhist teachings ever written.
A manual for life and death and a source of inspiration from the heart of the Tibetan tradition, The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying provides a lucid and inspiring introduction to the practice of meditation, to the nature of mind, to karma and rebirth, to compassionate love and care for the dying, and to the trials and rewards of the spiritual path.
More than two million copies have been printed, in 31 languages and the book is available in 61 countries. It has been adopted by colleges, groups and institutions, both medical and religious, and is used extensively by nurses, doctors and health-care professionals.
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At the end of the film, after the two have concluded their helping of each other, Nietzsche—played by Armand Assante—reads an alternate, and clearly non-Kaufmann translated, version of section 279 from The Gay Science before parting with Breuer as a friend, saying in his dialogue: "We were friends and have become strangers to each other. This is as it ought to be. We do not want either to conceal or obscure the fact as if we had to be ashamed of it. We are two ships, each of which has its goal and its course. And finally, Dr. Breuer, we have to become strangers to one another, because it's the law to which we are subject." The funny thing about this is, when Assante reads this out of the book, he has it opened up at the beginning (literally), while the section itself exists after the middle. I guess that's part of the fiction as well—that's what independent films and big production films have in common: mistakes. So, I'd like to produce here the complete version of section 279, just to show how much of this section was cut out.
Star friendship.—We were friends and have become estranged. But this was right, and we do not want to conceal and obscure it from ourselves as if we had reason to feel ashamed. We are two ships; each of which has its goal and course. Our paths may cross and we may celebrate a feast together, as we did—and then the good ships rested so quietly in one harbor and one sunshine that it may have looked as if they had reached their goal and as if they had one goal. But then the almighty force of our tasks drove us apart again into different seas and sunny zones, and perhaps we shall never see each other again; perhaps we shall meet again but fail to recognize each other: our exposure to different seas and suns has changed us. That we have to become estranged is the law above us; by the same token we should also become more venerable for each other—and the memory of our former friendship more sacred. There is probably a tremendous but invisible stellar orbit in which our very different ways and goals may be included as small parts of this path; let us rise up to this thought. But our life is too short and our power of vision too small for us to be more than friends in the sense of this sublime possibility. —Let us then believe in our star friendship even if we should be compelled to be earth enemies.
Take charge, adapt, overcome – this is the Beaver motto. Mostly business, the Beaver is gets the job at hand done with maximum efficiency and aplomb. Strategic, and cunning the Beaver is a force to be reckoned with in matters of business and combat. One might also think twice about engaging the Beaver in a match of wits – as his/her mental acuity is razor sharp... In a nurturing environment the Beaver can be compassionate, generous, helpful, and loyal.
Beaver Animal Totems Facilitate:
Clearer understanding of our subconscious thoughts and dreams
Ability to mold our thoughts more constructively to suit our needs
Determination to follow our dreams
Diligence to keep and reach our goals
Balance and flexibility concerning ourselves and our expectations
Take time for self, friends and family. The people in our lives are most precious
Call on the spirit of your beaver totem when you:
Need encouragement or inspiration in reaching your goals
When you've got the blues, and need a boost of energy (beaver is better than B-12!)
You're starting new creative projects or building new business deals
You're attending a family reunion or class reunion
You need a little more structure discipline in the family
You've want more clarity in dream interpretation or subconscious realms.
I bought a Bed in a Bag Bundle this morning,
that Becca found last night online.
I spent only $40 bucks and gave my bedroom a complete face-lift.
The Stella Bed in a Bag (above) is actually available online only,
but there's much more to choose from that are sold in stores.
I just text'd Becca saying that, "Every time I open the bedroom door,
it's an amazing experience!!!"
Complete Bed In A Bag Ensemble includes:
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The Superman is constantly changing and in a state of rebirth and growth. He determines what is good and what is evil, not allowing religion or society to determine these things for him. The Superman finds his happiness in this way. He uses a reason that is independent of the modern values of society or religion. He determines his own values.
This creation of his own values gives him joy, and in order for the Superman to cope with a changing world, the Supermanmust constantly change. This constant state of change is a constant source of joy, leaving little or no room for suffering. Therefore, he makes the most out of this life, not depending on a reward in Heaven or a punishment in Hell for what he has done on Earth. The Superman does not pity or tolerate the weak. He feels that human compassion is the greatest weakness of all because it allows the weak to restrict the growth of the strong.
In Thus Spake Zarathustra, Nietzsche, through Zarathustra, says "I teach you the Overman. Man is something that shall be overcome [surpassed]. What have you done to overcome [surpass] him? All beings so far have created something beyond themselves; and do you want to be the ebb of this great flood and even go back to the beasts rather than overcome man? What is the ape to man? A laughingstock, a painful embarrassment. And man shall be just that for the Overman: a laughingstock or a painful embarrassment...
I have let my family down and I regret those transgressions with all of my heart. I have not been true to my values and the behavior my family deserves. I am not without faults and I am far short of perfect. I am dealing with my behavior and personal failings behind closed doors with my family. Those feelings should be shared by us alone.
Although I am a well-known person and have made my career as a professional athlete, I have been dismayed to realize the full extent of what tabloid scrutiny really means. For the last week, my family and I have been hounded to expose intimate details of our personal lives. The stories in particular that physical violence played any role in the car accident were utterly false and malicious. Elin has always done more to support our family and shown more grace than anyone could possibly expect.
But no matter how intense curiosity about public figures can be, there is an important and deep principle at stake which is the right to some simple, human measure of privacy. I realize there are some who don't share my view on that. But for me, the virtue of privacy is one that must be protected in matters that are intimate and within one's own family. Personal sins should not require press releases and problems within a family shouldn't have to mean public confessions. Whatever regrets I have about letting my family down have been shared with and felt by us alone. I have given this a lot of reflection and thought and I believe that there is a point at which I must stick to that principle even though it's difficult.
I will strive to be a better person and the husband and father that my family deserves. For all of those who have supported me over the years, I offer my profound apology.
-Now if Tiger can fuck up, you know I deserve some slack!
given style to his character, and become creative.
Aware of life's terrors, he affirms life without resentment.
The superman is someone who in discovering himself also discovers that it is in his best interests to reject any outside notions about values, trusting rather what he finds within himself. He creates his own good and evil, based on that which helps him to succeed or fail. In this way good is something which helps one to realize his potential and evil is whatever hampers or stands in the way of this effort. Since to Nietzsche everything in the world, including good and evil, is transitory everything is being continually reinvented.
The superman embraces this idea of change which to him appears evident, he understands the fact that since there is nothing in the world which is permanent whatever exists must eventually be overcome by something else which comes along. Seeing himself and his values in the same light he knows that these aspects must also be overcome by something stronger if not by him than by someone or something else. So in order to keep up with the times he continuously reinvents himself over and over always building something stronger, more powerful, on top of what went before. The superman therefore is the ideal of someone who has mastered the practice of overcoming himself.
The source of his strength lies in the cherishing of the same natural desires restricted in Christianity.
A common source of contention in all world’s religions, is the selfishly-centered concerns of the individual ego personality. The ego, is a psychological component in everyone that functions as a sense of the self (me), separate from others, and is committed to the gratification of the personal concerns of the individual life.
Religion is always ultimately a call to life lead by a will or ideal, beyond our own. All religious pursuit points to and is primarily concerned with transcendence, be it personal or impersonally.
It is a paradox that a sense of selfishness is a prerequisite for a successful religious and spiritual adherence. Yet, I will show that it is this very egotistical component of the psyche that serves to undermine the best efforts of the God-seeker; and as the accuser (disobedience) in Judaism, Satan (sin/separation) in Christianity, Shaitan/Iblis (forgetfulness) in Islam, anarchy in Confucianism, pain in Hinduism, Mara (suffering) in Buddhism, and the failure to comprehend attunement/oneness in Taoism, it is nothing more than our very own externally projected ungratified egos …our common enemy from within.
A COMMON ENEMY
The Ego in the Religions of the World QIAN MECHALITH
