What exactly is an ego? How do you separate yourself from an ego? ▶️ You can read the same audio in blog format: https://www.jasoncain.net/blogs/wie ▶️ To download the podcast follow the link: https://www.jasoncain.net/podcasts/wie Hello and welcome to the Ancient wisdom modern mind podcast and today I would like to share with you my understanding on the nature of ego from a more straightforward perspective. There is a lot of attention paid to the ego in modern society and while we are often told that having an ego will advance our place in the world, very few talk about the humbleness of being ‘ego-less’ and of the many great people, who every day without recognition or respect, silently bring greatness into our ego focused world. So How Loud is Your Ego? Have you asked yourself, why is it so difficult to hear the encouraging prompts from that small voice’ that humbly offers positive and constructive solutions, and why instead we only seem to hear the blaring insults from our ego? Would life really be blissful if we didn’t have the ego constantly shouting out thoughts that are full of gloomy overtones? But what we don’t realize is that the ego is your conscious mind, the part of your identity that you consider your "self." If you say someone has "a big ego," then you are saying that they are too full of themselves. The ego often indulges in our most basic impulses, but it also works to achieve a balance with our cultural and idealistic standards. And while the ego from our personal perspective operates at the conscious level, it also has strong ties to the subconscious and even the unconscious levels of mind. It is true that Ego or self-is important for social interactions, as It gives us our ideas about ourselves and our social strengths and weaknesses, and it also helps to define our role and position in the society. But as the ego develops the desire to place a special emphasis on the individual self also grows, and this gives rise to what we call the egocentric person. You could say that the ego in the beginning was our protective shell, and this protective shell works like armor to protect us from social attacks. And that the sense of separation or individually is an intrinsically important aspect of the ego, and we instinctively strengthen this aspect of the ego in our thoughts and words, or what we call internal self-talk. But simultaneously this self-talk can also dominate and take over, making the ego both weak and feeble or a terrible monster. So, In order to keep the ego in perspective we need to bear in mind that self or ego is only a tool we use for protection in a world full of other false selves, a world filled to the brims with imagined selves, each competing for its own imagined status. Religions often s ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWYRzImtRpI

► You can read the blog version @ https://gumroad.com/jasoncain/p/how-to-practice-mindfulness-everyday2 ► To download the Podcast follow the link. @ https://gum.co/htpmePodcast Hello, Jason Cain here and welcome to the Ancient wisdom modern mind podcast and in this article I’m going to go over some of the ways in which you can practice mindfulness. Mindfulness has become so popular now days because of all the stress and neuroses that we are forced to deal with in our social, work and family environment and this is compounded with the high speed tempo of the information age, so it has become almost commonplace to take the time and chill out, relax or fill the day with mindfulness activates. Even modern therapies now uses a form of Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy. (MBCT) to effectively treat depression. Mindfulness is regarded by practitioners of all Buddhist traditions as essential not only for the development of insight, but also for the cultivation and maintenance of ethical discipline. Of course this is old news to Buddhist scholars and practitioners, though it is sometimes surprising to non-Buddhist. And that is in part why Mindfulness has become so popular, so that instead of needing to chill out at set times every day we can practice mindfulness throughout our day and if done correctly we can stay relaxed and de-stress while still being productive at work. If you want to be mindful, you can achieve this at any time, since self-awareness is always with you, you just need to remember to detach from the emotion of the moment and become aware or mindful of your actions, and to support to do this I have compiled a list of ways in which you can practice mindfulness. #mindfulness # BeingPresent #meditation ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Yn2emvigss