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Re: Remaining egoless around egotistical people [Re: Funkadelics]
#13405896 - 10/29/10 11:49 AM (13 years, 3 months ago) |
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Yea it is. It's almost like a drug.(ego)
How does this chi work? I'm curious for purposes of recentering ones self.
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Re: Remaining egoless around egotistical people [Re: Mr. Anderson]
#13405951 - 10/29/10 12:05 PM (13 years, 3 months ago) |
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I just got into it a few days ago when I saw a thread about it.
From what I see so far, it is about moving with "no mind". Your body weight and center of mass naturally move your body, all the movements just flow.
Very enjoyable, been doing some everyday!
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Re: Remaining egoless around egotistical people [Re: Funkadelics]
#13406790 - 10/29/10 03:36 PM (13 years, 3 months ago) |
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everybody has an ego, it's no going anywhere, the thing is to thin it out so you aren't ruled by it, and can shape it however you want to. For every 1000 people that say they want egoless enlightenment, maybe 1 will actually unplug from the dream. I mean, that's what it all comes back to is worldly desires, and there's nothing wrong with that. But you can leave if you want.
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Re: Remaining egoless around egotistical people [Re: g00ru]
#13407466 - 10/29/10 06:04 PM (13 years, 3 months ago) |
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u can completley remove ur ego wit psychedelics, but it's only temporary
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Re: Remaining egoless around egotistical people [Re: I AM SWIM]
#13407749 - 10/29/10 07:08 PM (13 years, 3 months ago) |
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Ya that's true, I mean long term. And you can even reduce it long term with psychedelics also, but that's different from person to person probably.
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Re: Remaining egoless around egotistical people [Re: g00ru]
#13408964 - 10/29/10 11:49 PM (13 years, 3 months ago) |
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u can completley remove ur ego wit psychedelics, but it's only temporary
but its not temporary because its "just a drug", or whatever
it has to do with how the memory works, which is part of the lesson
but to address the OP...
you have to let that part of you that gets offended die...its already dead anyway
"dancing this phantom up and down my spine
have mercy on the devil, he's a friend of mine
sometimes
we are living this suicide
if God looked upon us, it would surely leave us blind
living is suicide"

you'll find more joy out of loving this miserable world unconditionally than you will trying to get it to be what you want it to be
but at the same time, it never hurts to try and set a new direction for the moment...why don't you try to be the thing that inspires people to be interested in more things?
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Re: Remaining egoless around egotistical people [Re: MOTH]
#13409077 - 10/30/10 12:24 AM (13 years, 3 months ago) |
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MOTH said: Any tips? I feel very willing to lose my ego (in fact I feel it is important for me to do so) but it seems like people I know or associate with have no desire to. When I strive to cultivate a ego less or "ego lessoned" state, it seems like other people are especially strident with their ego. I might just start chanting mantras all the time. Got any good ones?
In the right environment to try to achieve and reduce your ego you find sharks smelling blood. The display of ego is necessarry or else you'll be their bitch imo which translates to being a target and getting robbed etc
If you are speaking of non threatening situations you are fine. I find that I can scoff at most egotistic displays because they're predictable patterns that feel fake. I feel like when I look such a person in the eyes knowing I am their equal it doesn't take words. Then again most know I have trained fighting skills so maybe without the comfort of that it would be different.
I do find that identifying why they play that role and having security in yourself is enough for me.
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Re: Remaining egoless around egotistical people [Re: Seanfu]
#13410294 - 10/30/10 10:42 AM (13 years, 3 months ago) |
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That's so wrong, you don't have to have a big ego to not be somebody's bitch. That's just your ego talking. As a matter of fact I think it's really only those with huge attachment to their egos that can end up in a shitty hierarchical situation cause they can be manipulated like that and twisted.
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Re: Remaining egoless around egotistical people [Re: g00ru]
#13410416 - 10/30/10 12:33 PM (13 years, 3 months ago) |
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I agree have unconditional love and a humorous aspect towarsds life is what helps make it much easier.
BUt.....the hardest thing for me.. Is smoking MJ with them. It hardly ever results in me feeling good. If anyone has any advice or relevant personal experience with what im talking about it would be greately appreciated. Even if I just sit next to them and meditate and just attempt to radiate nothing but love and take in all they are, just love, it still has some bad feelings in the air.
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Re: Remaining egoless around egotistical people [Re: weshroom]
#13410681 - 10/30/10 02:08 PM (13 years, 3 months ago) |
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Ya I feel ya man, it can be hard to smoke weed with your retarded ass friends sometimes I've just learned to be quiet a lot and groove off my own thoughts. I remember watching a mooji vid where he says it's okay not to think everybody is amazing, you love their inner being which is the same as yours, but might not be too fond of the "flavor" as he puts it, or like the smell they're giving off. Imo better than meditation is to try and engage them in a mind opening conversation.
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Re: Remaining egoless around egotistical people [Re: MOTH]
#13411509 - 10/30/10 06:01 PM (13 years, 3 months ago) |
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MOTH said: Any tips? I feel very willing to lose my ego (in fact I feel it is important for me to do so) but it seems like people I know or associate with have no desire to. When I strive to cultivate a ego less or "ego lessoned" state, it seems like other people are especially strident with their ego. I might just start chanting mantras all the time. Got any good ones?
I would say drop this thought/desire altogether.
The desire or thought of remaining 'egoless' around egos is itself the ego trying to eradicate itself with its own emergence.
Just drop it and see if you can remain in a somewhat meditative state? Don't think about what people are thinking.. that's for sure.
Always be easy on yourself as much as possible. Easier said than done, I know, but it is essential.
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Re: Remaining egoless around egotistical people [Re: Ginseng1]
#13411612 - 10/30/10 06:38 PM (13 years, 3 months ago) |
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Ginseng1 said:
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MOTH said: Any tips? I feel very willing to lose my ego (in fact I feel it is important for me to do so) but it seems like people I know or associate with have no desire to. When I strive to cultivate a ego less or "ego lessoned" state, it seems like other people are especially strident with their ego. I might just start chanting mantras all the time. Got any good ones?
I would say drop this thought/desire altogether.
This is like trying to get an operating car engine to stop moving the car it is built into.
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Re: Remaining egoless around egotistical people [Re: g00ru]
#13411848 - 10/30/10 07:48 PM (13 years, 3 months ago) |
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guruu said: That's so wrong, you don't have to have a big ego to not be somebody's bitch. That's just your ego talking. As a matter of fact I think it's really only those with huge attachment to their egos that can end up in a shitty hierarchical situation cause they can be manipulated like that and twisted.
I don't know, have you ever seen what happens to a lot of people on the streets when they let a person take a bite out of them without showing resistence? They are then a taget for much more. Not all the time, but in the right situation, it is just plain dumb to show someone they have no worries for taking your shit or punking you.
I went to an all black school, my name for 3 years was white boy. I had to pounce a couple times to make sure the future would be less confrontational, not more. If I just let people punk me i'd probably end up much worse off than just having an ego. And that ego would still be there regardless.
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Re: Remaining egoless around egotistical people [Re: Seanfu]
#13411959 - 10/30/10 08:12 PM (13 years, 3 months ago) |
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Seanfu said:
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guruu said: That's so wrong, you don't have to have a big ego to not be somebody's bitch. That's just your ego talking. As a matter of fact I think it's really only those with huge attachment to their egos that can end up in a shitty hierarchical situation cause they can be manipulated like that and twisted.
I don't know, have you ever seen what happens to a lot of people on the streets when they let a person take a bite out of them without showing resistence? They are then a taget for much more. Not all the time, but in the right situation, it is just plain dumb to show someone they have no worries for taking your shit or punking you.
I agree with you on this.
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Seanfu said: I went to an all black school, my name for 3 years was white boy. I had to pounce a couple times to make sure the future would be less confrontational, not more. If I just let people punk me i'd probably end up much worse off than just having an ego. And that ego would still be there regardless.
Yup--in prison, if you don't have an ego it's likely that you'll be killed because you don't belong to any gangs, and you're seen as an easy target with nobody to back you up.
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Re: Remaining egoless around egotistical people [Re: Seanfu]
#13414707 - 10/31/10 03:17 PM (13 years, 3 months ago) |
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Seanfu said:
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guruu said: That's so wrong, you don't have to have a big ego to not be somebody's bitch. That's just your ego talking. As a matter of fact I think it's really only those with huge attachment to their egos that can end up in a shitty hierarchical situation cause they can be manipulated like that and twisted.
I don't know, have you ever seen what happens to a lot of people on the streets when they let a person take a bite out of them without showing resistence? They are then a taget for much more. Not all the time, but in the right situation, it is just plain dumb to show someone they have no worries for taking your shit or punking you.
I went to an all black school, my name for 3 years was white boy. I had to pounce a couple times to make sure the future would be less confrontational, not more. If I just let people punk me i'd probably end up much worse off than just having an ego. And that ego would still be there regardless.
Well if you need an ego to survive in your environment, then it'll be naturally present there. Thinning out your ego doesn't mean be stupid and let people take advantage of you.
And for the record, I do believe it would be possible to exist without an ego in those environments. There's a hindu saying "a yogi in the jungle need fear no snakes" or something like that. But for 99.9% of people some environments will make spiritual progression impossible.
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Edited by g00ru (10/31/10 03:23 PM)
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