Ego: The Block to Happiness
We’ve all likely heard of the word “ego”. In the mainstream, it is used to describe inflated self-confidence. However, the origin of the concept founded in psychology was proposed by Freud, and defined as the sense of self or what you consciously define as “you”. Ego is essentially what you show to the world – the surface personality you’ve acquired while you were surviving your formative years. As we walk through the difficulties of life, we pick up perceptions and beliefs about ourselves and attach them to our sense of identity like a tin robot finding pieces of scrap metal. … More
A Handbook for the Curious Heart: Curiosities; Insights, and Thoughtful Prose
A Certain Kind of Longing … Relationships of Scale Nothing is intrinsically right or wrong for everything in place in this world has a place in this world. It is to all things, and our relationship to them on the scale of their attributes, that speaks of a far deeper truth than can be revealed at face value. Objectivity of Mind Learning to detach yourself emotionally in order to observe a situation objectively is the path to clarity and self-understanding. When emotions get in the way there is little room for anything else. Balance We crave the sun when being … More
