Ep. 29: The Grandeur of Being vs. the Grandiosity of Ego
Into the Mystery
English - June 21, 2022 20:30 - 40 minutes - 73.3 MBSpirituality Religion & Spirituality Society & Culture Philosophy Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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One of the strongest compulsions of the ego is to try to make itself “bigger” and “better” in comparison to others. But why? If we inquire more deeply into this process, we find that our drive toward the grandiose is actually a distortion of a deeper, natural instinct toward expressing the grandeur of our Being. How do we tell the difference?…and more important, how do we decrease the operation of ego and increase the embodiment of grandeur? We discuss in this episode.