SESSION 8 - EGO .......... 23 - By Lester Levenson

SESSION 8 - EGO .......... 23 - By Lester Levenson

セッション8 - 自我..........23 - 最終自由の鍵 (究極の自由への鍵)

SESSION 8

EGO

The ego concept is the root cause of all delusion and
therefore, all trouble. It is the false identifying of “I” with a
body rather than with the Self.
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Ego is the concept of individuality, of separation from the
“I, and the All. Therefore ego is a false assumption. We
are really the “I,” we are not separate from It.
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The ego is all the evil there is and your Self is all the
good there is.
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The ego is the source of birth and death and when the
ego is let go of, you die to death.
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Everything that isn't good has its source in the ego
sense and is therefore unreal. Our real nature is an
ultimate goodness.
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Everything of the ego is the opposite of everything of the
Self.
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Everything an ego sees is a lie in the light of Truth.
Everything an ego sees is in duality. An ego can't see
Oneness. The ego has an eye of duality only. There's
nothing true that an ego sees. And on the opposite side,
the Self sees only the Truth, the Self.
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The coloring agent of Truth is ego. The less the ego the
less the coloring of truth.
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The entire trouble is wrong identity. We say we are the
limited ego.
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Ego can't do anything but be limited.
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There’s only one single growth and that is letting go of
the ego.
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Whenever you are not growing spiritually, you are
growing in the other direction.
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Every time you express ego you are growing downward.
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The more you grow the more you can face your ego.
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When things bother us and we look for the source, we
find our ego.
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The whole object of the path is to let go of the ego. What
remains is the Self.
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The whole thing is simple. Any complexity in life is the e
go trying to undo the simplicity of Reality.
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It is the ego that makes life difficult.
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Think you are a limited ego and the more you think so,
the more effort you need to get along. It is the ego that
requires effort.
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There is only one basic trouble in this world. It is the
common denominator of all problems. It is trying to be
an ego.
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Identify with the ego and you identify with trouble.
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We should shift from a desire to get out of misery to a
desire to let go of the ego.
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The ego dies hard. But once you know the ego is the
source of all misery and the Self is the source of all
happiness, then it shouldn't be so hard to work at letting
go of the ego.
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When we start moving into the Self, the ego starts
putting blocks in the way: we get sick, we go to sleep,
we have other things to do, etc., because we feel we will
be destroyed if the ego is destroyed. We have
convinced ourselves over the millenniums that we are
these limited bodies, and we think it takes time to let go
of these concepts of limitation.
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Time is an ego - thought.
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The ego will always try to keep us from letting go of the
ego.
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Getting involved in intellectual questions and
discussions validates the ego and avails you nothing.
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To pose a question an ego is necessitated. There are no
questions when one is realized.
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All enquiries about the non-Self are directing one's
attention away from, and are delaying, one's realization
of Truth. Any question about the ego directs the
attention to the ego. The ego is the unreal, the untruth.
No matter how much you talk about illusion it will not
give you the perception of the Real, the Truth.
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In the beginning the ego is the only thing you know.
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There is only one thing to do, let go of the ego! There is
no other way to grow. You are fully realized now! Just let
go of the ego I that’s how simple it is.
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The weaker the ego the more you can put attention on
the Self. However, if you spent all your time on the ego
you would never see the Self, not until you looked at the
Self. It amounts to weakening the grip of the ego enough
so that you can turn toward the Self..
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The more you do away with the ego the more unselfish
you are.
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When a person is ego-centered, almost all of his attention is centered on himself. Everything he sees or hears
is colored because it has to filter through his selfattention.
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When you have completely let go of your ego, you are
not interested in yourself, you are interested only in
others.
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If you do things to win approval, then you are doing it for
yourself. If you are doing anything for your self, it isn’t
selfless.
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A problem is created whenever you want to assert your
ego.
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Whenever we react, it is always because there is something we selfishly want.
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Whenever we want to make the world different than it is,
that is ego motivated.

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When there is no ego involved, we see things exactly as
they are.
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We are blinded to the degree of our ego.
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Wanting our ego to be accepted, we see things the way
we think they will help us to be accepted.
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If you have any emotion, it is ego motivated.
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Any human need or desire is ego motivated. My ego
thinks it needs things. My Self feels and knows that
everything is mine.
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We should have no wants. Then we are never in trouble.
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Talking is asking for ego attention. It's wanting ego
approval.. If you will remain quiet you may feel that
happiness that you are seeking through making the
noise.
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Almost every time we talk we are asking for ego acceptance.
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Ego is only destructive to one.
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Everyone who has ego is destructive to the degree he
has ego.
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Ego is the opposite of love. Love is the Self.
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Egos want to direct the universe.
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If you want to be most creative do away with the ego.
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Ego is the most expensive thing in the universe, dollar -
and sense wise.
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Any sense of doership is of the little self.
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Ego equals blindness. Blindness equals ignorance.
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Seeking any ego fulfillment is seeking the letting go of
the agony of the concept of lack.
Any lack is necessarily an ego concept for the ego is
necessarily a sense of limitation or lack.
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Ego is a mere notion that feels like the deluge of an
ocean.
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When you are unhappy you are looking for ego approval
and not getting it.
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Another definition for trouble is trying to be an ego.
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Any defending of oneself is asking for ego approval.
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If you want to be good at anything, the less the ego the
better you are. The ego is a limiting adjunct on the Self.
Since the ego is a limiting adjunct of the Self, the less
the ego the more capable you are in everything (except
one thing, -misery).
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It took you millions of years to develop this ego. Keep
letting go of the ego until you begin to see the Self.
When you see your Self, you quickly drop your ego in
short time.
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After having eliminated much of the ego, when one is
acting ego-wise, at that moment the ego seems like all.
However, what has been eliminated has been
eliminated.
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It's the ego sense of being an individual separate from
the All that is the source of all trouble.
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Soul is a glorified ego concept of the ego.
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It doesn't matter what you do, it does matter with what
you identify. If you identify with the limited ego, then you
are unhappy.
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After dropping enough ego, it gets weak and the Self
takes us the rest of the way.
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All growth is letting go of ego.
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The ego is a false imposition of the “I.” When you say “I”
that is the eternal you.
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The ego cannot be subjugated by one who takes it to be
real.
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Seek the source of the ego and it turns out to be your
Self .
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Humility is letting go of ego.
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If you are hurt look for the ego motivation and let go of it.
You'll then feel happier.
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Unless you are eliminating ego, you're not growing. You
see, you can't grow into the Self because that's what
you are. You just lift off the cover, which is ego.
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The ego creates and maintains the subconscious.
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All subconscious thought is originated by the ego and
hidden a way in the subconscious by the ego.
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The ego-principle is the cause of the seeming separation of you from the All.
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The high states should be used to scorch the ego. The
higher we go the more we are capable of scorching the
ego. When you are high you can say, “All this silly
reaction and ego, I'm through with!” - and be through
with it!
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The real you, your Self, is infinitely grand and glorious,
whole, perfect and in total peace, and you are blinding
yourself to this by assuming that you are a limited ego.
Drop the blinder, the ego, and be forever in perfect
peace and joy!
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