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As the Ego Recedes...

Would you like to have a more constructive ego?

Yoga practice helps to deal with spiritual ignorance and the ego, the false sense of self. Explore yoga exercises and attitudes which develop a constructive ego and allow contact with the soul.

Yoga Perspectives, Ego

The Ego Is the Problem

People try to deal with the ego but usually don’t know what to do. There are wonderful ways of developing a constructive sense of self. The ego need not be separate from Spirit and soul. A ripe I can merge and give up its separate existence to dwell in the soul, the true self. As the ego recedes, the I of God comes forward. May you progress and delight in moving from the unripe I to the ripe I.

  • The feeling of I and mine blocks the reality of Spirit and keeps one from seeing the truth
  • Swami Vivekananda:  As the ‘I’ of a person recedes, the ‘I’ of God comes forward
  • Sri Ramakrishna:  Renounce the unripe ‘I’ and keep the ripe ‘I’
  • Learn the characteristics of the unripe I
  • Explore suggestions for developing the ripe I

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