When we talk about ego we have 2 ways of approaching it, from the psychological point of view and from the spiritual point of view. No matter how we look at it, the ego destroys everything it touches!
Since both ego and self-image are based on how we see ourselves, it is worth making a vital difference between one and the other. The Ego is the excessive valuation of oneself, while the self-image is the internal mirror that we all have inside.
The difference is that the ego looks outward trying to find on the outside everything it needs to fill the void that is generated when we stop looking inside ourselves to connect with our true value.
The ego is equal to "egoism", it is what makes us believe that we are different or better than others, therefore the ego separates us from our soul because it goes against the principle of unity of creation, that principle that is It is based on the fact that we are all part of life, of the universe and that we must flow in harmony, but for this we must first understand that there are no better people than others; There is no such thing as "I am better than you" or "You are better than me" because we were not created to compete but, to coexist, true competition should not be with others, but with ourselves.
In my coaching I usually tell my clients that we cannot travel in two directions at the same time, so if you ride an elevator to go down to the basement but press the button towards the penthouse, you will not reach your destination. The same happens with the ego, while you are busy trying to be better than others you will not have time to find your own virtues, that will begin to generate an internal emptiness that will make you begin to need external recognition, but that is what makes the ego in an insatiable monster, because the only recognition that really nourishes the soul is the one that we give ourselves.
So it was time to get going to lower 2 lines to our ego, so if we have it high we lower it and if we have it low, we disappear.
The 7 steps to free yourself from the ego trap:
1 Look at your inner mirror
Look inside yourself and know yourself without judgment, that is, do not approach yourself looking for your virtues and your defects, just look for your personal characteristics and know yourself so deeply that you are able to find within yourself all that you have to give us.
2 Love and accept the reflection of your mirror
Don't criticize yourself or compare yourself to anyone. You are you and you are perfect as you are. If there is something to change it is for your own good, not because you should be like someone else.
3 Release the autopilot
Become aware of everything you think, say and do. Do you seek external attention? It is your soul crying out to look inside! Take a good look at what you are lacking in your mind… but from the inside out, not the other way around.
4 Give the trophy
Yes, let others be right, and allow others to "win" while you simply observe, learn, internalize, and implement.
5 Get the vaccine against the offense
I mean, don't take anything personal! When you are offended by something you are accepting it as true, but also, you are not being you, but your ego, because you are starting that everything revolves around you.
6 Practice anonymity
Make it a goal to do good works towards others without knowing that it was you, that will help you connect with true satisfaction… that of the soul.
7 Detach yourself from knowledge and open yourself to experience
Like any human being you are here to learn and experience life, and both learning and experience require that you open yourself to the knowledge of the new. Admit it, you don't know everything!
There is nothing better in this world than to love ourselves, and we must also respect and admire ourselves for what we are: unique beings, wonderful and with unlimited power, but when we put all that above others, when we compete for satisfaction alone Winning, when we want to impress to gain respect and recognition is when we become victims of our ego and stop living together to start separating.
Each of us has been created with particular characteristics, talents and gifts, that is what makes us wonderfully unique and unrepeatable, but while we are looking at the neighbor to see how we can overcome him we will have our eyes on the outside and therefore we will not be able to to see inwards, towards our internal mirror that is the one that shows us our true wisdom.
