Author: Ethan Walker, 3rd
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781736927632
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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The ego is the cause of all our mental and emotional suffering as well as all the strife and wars in the world. By ego we mean the fundamental thought of an "I." This I-thought has taken up residence in our minds and it is not our true self - it is an imposter. It is the feeling of separation from God, Nature and others. It is the sense of "I" and "mine." Thus, it is our egoistic minds that obscure the truth of our existence which is this: we are all beings if infinite bliss, love and joy! Happiness is our primal nature! There can be no Self-realization, God-realization, merging in the Divine, coming to Jesus or dissolving into the ocean of nirvana without abandoning that great thief and liar the ego. Most of us imagine our egos to be our friend but it is really our greatest enemy.This book explores the nature of the ego, its origins and how we might at last rid ourselves of this torment. Most of us will not be rid of the great liar immediately but every effort to move in that direction will remove some of our suffering. Even a little reduction in the illusions and delusions of our egos will give us great benefit and a deeper more satisfying peace, love and joy. The spiritual path is not about getting, acquiring or gaining anything. It is 100% about removing something and that something is the ego. Once removed, the truth of our magnificent luminous being is revealed. We will realize the ego had been no more than a phantom - an illusion - and we are free, liberated, saved and eternally reunited with the Divine. We are free to swim in the ocean of bliss!
Author: Emerald Ink Publishing
Publisher: Emerald Ink Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 198
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Conceived, written and produced by recycled souls on the subject of Near-death experiences, their variety and meaning, by real people!
Author: Jon Fitch
Publisher: Independently Published
ISBN: 9781791879907
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 214
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Jon Fitch takes you back to the early days of mixed martial arts by sharing his old journal entries and reflecting on them. Follow along as he goes from struggling Division 1 wrestler to MMA super star. See firsthand what it was like back in the Wild West early days of the sport. Back before the sport was regulated and there were no guarantees that you would even get paid. See for yourself how the sport evolved, how AKA evolved and how Jon Fitch the fighter and the man evolved. The journal entries start while Jon is still in college wrestling for the Purdue Boilermakers where he was a 4-year letter winner and team captain. Then he travels across the country with his English bulldog, Bricks, to pursue a fighting career in a sport most people had never heard of at the time, MMA. After arriving in San Jose, California, he helped to build the American Kickboxing Academy into one of the greatest powerhouses in MMA. He also tried out and was almost on the first season of The Ultimate Fighter. Experience the process he went through in real time and see how he handled it. Get an inside look at the struggle that go along with the life of a fighter, from health issues to trouble with making money and relationships. It's not all sunshine and rainbows for those who choose this life.
Author: Ciaran Callam
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781985017627
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 370
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In a world brought to its knees by religious terrorism. Rioting, looting, murder, mayhem & unrelenting chaos envelop the streets as a mysterious group known as the Sons of God destroy this 'sinful and wicked society'. Social order crumbles. Governments fall. Nations perish; and the streets are awash with crimson floods of metallic tasting blood as stranger fights stranger and sister kills brother. A random act of fate sees a cold hearted drug dealer grudgingly protecting a newly orphaned 8-year-old girl; and together they travel, beset on all sides by deception, pain, and unrelenting panic. Together they fight, becoming acquainted with the many moods, shades and smells of death in a world where all are potentially violent enemies. Especially those closest. They will do what it takes to survive or they will die in the attempt. The revolution has begun, and they are a part of it.
Author: Gregor Reti
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781628901313
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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Author: Jonathan Gravenor
Publisher: Jonathan Gravenor
ISBN: 9780646978451
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 336
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The Other Side of Ego explores a mans attempt to confront his mortality and the kind of lies we tell ourselves about what is really precious in life. Jonathan writes about his intimate journey with a deadly disease. But he also tells a bigger story about how the disease launched him on a pilgrimage to become a better man.
Author: Edward F. Edinger
Publisher: Shambhala Publications
ISBN: 0834823896
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 445
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A medical psychiatrist and founding member of the Jung Foundation explores a pivotal part of analytical psychology: encountering the self through individuation This book is about the individual’s journey to psychological wholeness, known in analytical psychology as the process of individuation. Edward Edinger traces the stages in this process and relates them to the search for meaning through encounters with symbolism in religion, myth, dreams, and art. For contemporary men and women, Edinger believes, the encounter with the self is equivalent to the discovery of God. The result of the dialogue between the ego and the archetypal image of God is an experience that dramatically changes the individual’s worldview and makes possible a new and more meaningful way of life.
Author: George E. Vaillant
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674268067
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 412
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One of America's preeminent psychiatrists draws on his famous Study of Adult Development to give us an exhilarating look at how the mind's defenses work. What we see as the mind's trickery, George Vaillant tells us, is actually healthy. What's more, it can reveal the mind at its most creative and mature, soothing and protecting us in the face of unbearable reality, managing the unmanageable, ordering disorder. And because creativity is so intrinsic to this alchemy of the ego, Vaillant mingles his studies of obscure lives with psychobiographies of famous artists and others--including Florence Nightingale, Sylvia Plath, Anna Freud, and Eugene O'Neill.
Author: Richard Sorabji
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226768309
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 413
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Drawing on classical antiquity and Western and Eastern philosophy, Richard Sorabji tackles in Self the question of whether there is such a thing as the individual self or only a stream of consciousness. According to Sorabji, the self is not an undetectable soul or ego, but an embodied individual whose existence is plain to see. Unlike a mere stream of consciousness, it is something that owns not only a consciousness but also a body. Sorabji traces historically the retreat from a positive idea of self and draws out the implications of these ideas of self on the concepts of life and death, asking: Should we fear death? How should our individuality affect the way we live? Through an astute reading of a huge array of traditions, he helps us come to terms with our uneasiness about the subject of self in an account that will be at the forefront of philosophical debates for years to come. “There has never been a book remotely like this one in its profusion of ancient references on ideas about human identity and selfhood . . . . Readers unfamiliar with the subject also need to know that Sorabji breaks new ground in giving special attention to philosophers such as Epictetus and other Stoics, Plotinus and later Neoplatonists, and the ancient commentators on Aristotle (on the last of whom he is the world's leading authority).”—Anthony A. Long, Times Literary Supplement
Author: David Carlson
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0982538510
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 158
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Death by Ego provides unique insight into why many early stage companies with great concepts and plans fail. It is a must read for everyone who provides their funding and will change the way investors think about these "opportunities." It also provides a rich set of materials for entrepreneurial-study programs and alerts entrepreneurs to common dysfunctional inclinations. Three objectives for this book: Objective 1: Alert investors to the fact that many entrepreneurs have extremely dysfunctional personality traits so that investors may make better informed decisions and, if they choose to invest, insist on strong governance. Objective 2: Provide true stories about entrepreneurs that failed their companies in order to provide a rich set of material to entrepreneurial-study programs. Objective 3: Remind entrepreneurs about tendencies that may jeopardize their success and the success of their companies. http: //www.deathbyego.net/
