33 min
Yoga's War on The Ego Conscious Yoga Podcast
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- Spirituality
What is the ego? Should you lose or abolish your ego like most yoga and new age philosophy says? Why are cultures that propagate the idea of getting rid of the ego always the most controlled and enslaved? In episode number four, Ian Cattanach argues you should do the opposite and build your ego! Most people associate the ego with the bad parts of our character. The jerk at work who is arrogant, mean, condescending and talks too much about himself is has an ego. We break down the real definition of the ego stemming from Latin in this episode, and see that the ego is your whole self and personality. Do you want to lose your honesty, courage, well formulated morals and personality? Well, on the path of no ego all those have to go! Yoga's war on the ego is a dangerous idea, that has hurt many more people than it's helped. There are many techniques to become less angry, controlling, arrogant and imbalanced. So why not get rid of those and build a strong sense of self in other areas? What is the point of playing a weak character? Those who abolish their ego too much become fragmented and weak characters. We examine cultures and people on this path of abolishing the ego in this episode and see where they end up! Listen to this episode if you want experience life more, instead of running away from reality.
What is the ego? Should you lose or abolish your ego like most yoga and new age philosophy says? Why are cultures that propagate the idea of getting rid of the ego always the most controlled and enslaved? In episode number four, Ian Cattanach argues you should do the opposite and build your ego! Most people associate the ego with the bad parts of our character. The jerk at work who is arrogant, mean, condescending and talks too much about himself is has an ego. We break down the real definition of the ego stemming from Latin in this episode, and see that the ego is your whole self and personality. Do you want to lose your honesty, courage, well formulated morals and personality? Well, on the path of no ego all those have to go! Yoga's war on the ego is a dangerous idea, that has hurt many more people than it's helped. There are many techniques to become less angry, controlling, arrogant and imbalanced. So why not get rid of those and build a strong sense of self in other areas? What is the point of playing a weak character? Those who abolish their ego too much become fragmented and weak characters. We examine cultures and people on this path of abolishing the ego in this episode and see where they end up! Listen to this episode if you want experience life more, instead of running away from reality.
33 min