Reflecting on the ego—the part of us that is frequently concerned with self-image, status, and personal importance. Recognizing that the ego is not inherently good or bad. It is simply a part of our human experience while acknowledging that the fixation with it can also lead us down a path of self-doubt, anxiety, and desire to seek validation and control. This is a meditation practice of softening the edges of unpleasant feelings so that we can hold our desires with more lightness, to recognise that any unpleasantness is not the whole of you, and allow ease to fill your being. Strength and confidence comes from within, not from external validation.
Whenever the ego emerges, allow ease and lightness to enter like how Hengstler writes it.
Ego, Andrew Hengstler
My eyes are the ocean
My breath carries the wind
My palm holds the word
My essence is the light
Guide: Noelle Lim
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