Posts Tagged ‘Ego’

Patanjali & Tirumular on the yoga sutras and Tirumandiram. 2

Yoga is the cessation of identifying with the fluctuations arising within consciousness.
The primary goal of yoga at this stage is to be able to start identifying with the true self and not just the small ‘I am’ which is the personality and ego. As we saw in the last lesson that practice and detachment give us the daily tools to be [...]

Celebrity - Curse or Blessing?

When ever I watch celebrities or any famous people explain that they are blessed it always brings up the same question - is it a blessing to be well know like they all say it is? To be blessed is a biblical term so the other question is, is this a blessing from God in [...]

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Addiction is to our senses not to oil.

There is all this talk about how the west is addicted to oil and how the bad guys are sucking us all dry as the the price of crude keeps rising. Well the time had to come (Karma) when the west would pay for all the steeling they did from the the east by taking [...]

Somethings we just can’t change

I got up this morning early and found this video in my emails. There are some things we just need to get over, accept or just literally move around so we can continue on our spiritual path. Adapt, Adjust and accommodate should be our attitude to daily life when approaching any difficulties. If we approach [...]

Yogic Mind-The ego is just a thought process

I have been discussing and  talking to a friend the last few weeks about the ego. He keeps sending me texts about his struggles and how the ego is holding him back and how much fear it brings to him. He is really struggling with being peaceful and to understand what the ego is.
I was explaining [...]