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Ego Traps
• If you think it is more “spiritual” to ride a bike to work or use public transportation, but then find yourself judging anyone who drives a car, you’re in an ego trap.
• If you think it is more “spiritual” to stop watching television because it rots your brain, but then find yourself judging those who still watch TV, you’re in an ego trap.
• If you think it is more “spiritual” to avoid reading gossip, tabloid or news magazines, but then find yourself judging those who do read those things, you’re in an ego trap.
• If you think it is more “spiritual” to listen to classical music or soothing nature sounds, but then find yourself judging those who listen to mainstream or pop music, you’re in an ego trap.
• If you think it is more “spiritual” to do yoga, become a vegan, buy organic, buy healing crystals, practice reiki, meditate, wear hippie/thrift shop clothing, visit ashrams and read enlightened spiritual books, but then you judge anyone who doesn’t do those things, you’re in an ego trap.
Always be aware of the feeling of superiority. Self-righteous superiority is your biggest clue that you are in an ego trap. The ego loves to sneak in the back door. It will take a noble idea, like starting up yoga, and then twist it to serve its own ends by making you feel superior to others; you will start to look down on those who are not following your righteous “spiritual” path. Superiority, judgment and condemnation. That is the ego trap.
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“No need to hurry. No need to sparkle. No need to be anybody but oneself.”
— Virginia Woolf
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“It is important to ask yourself whether your thoughts are consistent with facts or logic. There could be another explanation for a situation that is truer than your interpretation. Sometimes it is hard to break from long-held beliefs that have become part of your reality. Understand that it can take time and patience to overcome any negative preconceived notions toward your life that you’ve built up.”
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“Wanting to be someone else is a waste of who you are.”
– Kurt Cobain
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“Wanting to be someone else is a waste of who you are.”
– Kurt Cobain
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“Wanting to be someone else is a waste of who you are.”
– Kurt Cobain
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“You really need faith in yourself to make art and to stand up for what you believe in.”
— Elizabeth Peyton
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“Why escape your intended purpose by copying and trying to be someone else? You will discover who you were meant to be only after you have shown confidence being yourself.”
— Suzy Kassem
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“You really need faith in yourself to make art and to stand up for what you believe in.”
— Elizabeth Peyton
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“Great minds don’t think alike. They challenge each other to think differently.”
— Adam Grant
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Fuck yo feelings.
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“Stay true to yourself. An original is worth more than a copy.”
— Suzy Kassem
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“The privilege of a lifetime is to become who you truly are.”
— Carl Jung