https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/spirituality/going-beyond-the-limited-ego/September 7, 2024, 2:56 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Ego.jpgSpiritually SpeakingThe lenses that we use to view the world and people around us, rose-tinted or not, are affected by factors that contribute to the colour and shape of those lenses. Our emotions, experiences, preferences, and habits pool together in what we call a ...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/spirituality/going-beyond-the-limited-ego/September 7, 2024, 2:56 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Ego-300x244.jpgSpiritually Speaking“Selfishness is a fake attempt to be happy with yourself” We all want what we call harmony. What we usually mean by that, is that we want things to work well, that our relationships hold no conflict, that nothing causes a problem to cause trouble ...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/spirituality/going-beyond-the-limited-ego/September 7, 2024, 2:56 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Ego-300x244.jpgSpiritually Speaking“Ego is the enemy of spiritual growth.” For many years, I believed this. For me and various others, I thought that one of the main aims of spiritual practice was to overcome it. In spite of concerted effort, I did not seem to get anywhere. It was ...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/spirituality/going-beyond-the-limited-ego/September 7, 2024, 2:56 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Ego-300x244.jpgSpiritually SpeakingThe opening lines of the classic by Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities, are about the time of the French Revolution in which London and Paris were contrasted: “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it wa...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/spirituality/going-beyond-the-limited-ego/September 7, 2024, 2:56 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Ego-300x244.jpgSpiritually SpeakingThe limited ego is the mediator or gatekeeper between my deep internal state of being and the external world. Although the vibrational frequency of all signals that emerge from my deeper internal state may start out as positive, they lose power as...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/spirituality/how-to-stay-calm-amid-calamity-2/January 10, 2022, 3:08 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/7cf22ce3_7298_P_2_mr-1.jpgSpiritually SpeakingWhen we practise Rajyoga meditation, the awareness of being a soul and not the body becomes so strong that it greatly diminishes the fear of death. Secondly, we are quickly able to become detached observers and see things as they really are; not w...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/spirituality/how-to-stay-calm-amid-calamity/January 8, 2022, 7:17 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/ken.jpgSpiritually SpeakingWhen we practise Rajyoga meditation, the awareness of being a soul and not the body becomes so strong that it greatly diminishes the fear of death. Secondly, we are quickly able to become detached observers and see things as they really are; not w...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/spirituality/going-beyond-the-limited-ego/September 7, 2024, 2:56 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Ego-300x244.jpgSpiritually Speaking“Peace is not just the absence of conflict; peace is the creation of an environment where all can flourish regardless of race, colour, creed, religion, gender, class, caste or any other social markers of difference.” Nelson Mandela Social scientis...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/spirituality/going-beyond-the-limited-ego/September 7, 2024, 2:56 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Ego-300x244.jpgSpiritually SpeakingThere are numerous studies that show the importance of psychological balance and mental health in guaranteeing a better physical immune response. This includes the state of our emotions. After more than 45 years of meditation practice, I have a ve...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/spirituality/going-beyond-the-limited-ego/September 7, 2024, 2:56 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Ego-300x244.jpgSpiritually SpeakingVery rarely do we meet someone who has everything they need. Especially in these times of lockdown and scarcity of many items. But perhaps the greatest thing we lack is understanding of the basic rules of life behind everything that happens. With ...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/spirituality/going-beyond-the-limited-ego/September 7, 2024, 2:56 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Ego-300x244.jpgSpiritually SpeakingThe art of meaningful conversation is based on being able to establish a common ground with the person I talk to, irrespective of age, culture, social or educational background. This is especially important when the outcome is crucial or the topic...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/spirituality/going-beyond-the-limited-ego/September 7, 2024, 2:56 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Ego-300x244.jpgSpiritually SpeakingThere is a popular expression in most languages: ‘I am my own best friend or my own worst enemy’. One of the meanings is that, though challenges may exist, I make them difficult according to my consciousness. This is especially true with regard to...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/spirituality/going-beyond-the-limited-ego/September 7, 2024, 2:56 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Ego-300x244.jpgSpiritually SpeakingFreedom has two sides. Freedom from and freedom to. I have to be free from any situations and attachments that bring me down or hold me back. I also have to be free to be able to express my true potential. As a child, I loved going to deserted bea...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/spirituality/going-beyond-the-limited-ego/September 7, 2024, 2:56 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Ego-300x244.jpgSpiritually SpeakingI have been spending more time than usual during the current pandemic at our retreat centre in Brazil. Thus, I have been able to observe the exuberance of nature here; how all of the elements are able to live with each other in harmony. You will n...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/spirituality/going-beyond-the-limited-ego/September 7, 2024, 2:56 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Ego-300x244.jpgSpiritually SpeakingA person without money thinks twice whether to take a bus or go walking. Someone with a lot does not even think twice about taking a taxi. Similarly, when a situation arises that requires more understanding and tolerance than I have, I find myself...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/spirituality/going-beyond-the-limited-ego/September 7, 2024, 2:56 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Ego-300x244.jpgSpiritually SpeakingIn our life we learn many things; to walk, to sing, ride a bicycle—but no one ever teaches us how to think. We have to learn that for ourselves. Our teachers and parents probably did not know how to think either.  The mind is a little like an airp...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/spirituality/how-consciousness-affects-our-reality/July 25, 2020, 6:32 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/sprituality-1.pngSpiritually SpeakingQuantum physicists now say that matter forms because of the information present in the empty space. What puts the information there? It is consciousness.