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Originally Posted by Judge  Tolle addresses the ego in much detail, therefore, many people think he and other's like him, are trying to get us to kill off our ego's and/or at least subdue or repress them.
They are not saying this at all, but that we must realise they are not us, like knowing your dreaming while in the dream. |
This is not quite accurate. Tolle seems to have claimed many times that he has "lost" his ego and is now ego free. He also claims that he no longer has a "pain-body" anymore either.
From Oprah's A New Earth web event transcript 5 page 49: Quote:
OPRAH WINFREY: So let me ask you this. On the night that you had that, you know, the breakthrough where you said, "I cannot live with myself any longer," did you lose your pain-body too?
ECKHART TOLLE: Yes.
OPRAH WINFREY: Well, that was just one happy day, wasn't it?
ECKHART TOLLE: That's quite rare.
OPRAH WINFREY: Oh my goodness. You lost your ego, you lost your pain-body, what a day that was.
ECKHART TOLLE: Yeah...
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Anti-ego sentiment has really permeated many spiritual circles. Even
A Course in Miracles is heavily anti-ego. But in truth, anyone trying to disconnect from the ego part of themselves is in fact acting through ego because the ego is the source of all separation.
As
Alan Watts once said, "and the biggest ego trip of all is this idea that we can get rid of the ego!"
Steve offers a more congruent approach that actually loves and accepts your ego for what it is, rather than trying to fix it or get rid of it. That's what this article is all about.