ego – Human Values Institute

Enlightenment will empower us

Now that we’ve begun loosening the tight grip on our ego, seeing through it like water in a mirage, or a hologram, our focus naturally turns to compassion. When there is less, “me, me, me,” […]

Be still. Fully relax. Observe quietly in the stillness the thinking mind. Just look, nothing else. No analysis. Without pushing or being artificial, recognize the wisps in the shadows. Wisps of a controller, controlling the […]

We are one person within a large community

The ego is dead! It was never alive, and never will be alive, because it doesn’t exist, never did exist, and will never exist. It’s a big con job! Don’t believe it. It was never […]

Others are just like us, looking for peace and happiness

Genuine humility is hard to practice. We so easily get stuck in ego. Any kind of grasping our getting stuck on ourself, or selfishness, is ego. Usually people understand this to be arrogance. Insecurity is […]

For non-attachment to ego and selfishness

Now that we are working at letting go of our deflated ego, let’s go further and let go of our attachment to our ego altogether. In our everyday life we experience emotions and attitudes that […]

Humility

Humility is a sublime way to live. Without it we are constantly out of balance, not knowing why. With it, life is like a hot knife cutting through butter. Life becomes smooth like silk. Life […]

What is real and what is not real?

What is real and what is not real? That is the question. Is my ego that generates anger, jealousy, and pride real? Or is it mistaken? That is the question. If it is real, we […]

Our ego

Our ego is definitely tricky. It moves us in directions we don’t want to go, by pushing us though the strong winds of karma, our past actions. To be always vigilant spying on this tricky […]

When we get stuck in a rut

Occasionally we fall into a funk. We get stuck in a rut and can’t seem to get ourselves out. Has this ever happened to you? It happened to me recently. I noticed some underlying fear, […]

What really happens when you die?

Recently I was reading some research into how people die. It was done by a Neuropsychiatrist (both a Neurologist and Psychiatrist), whose name is Dr. Peter Fenwick. His research, and others he sites, show that […]