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ethereal · 02-14-2007, 08:43 PM

Here's an exercise I picked up from my fav. teacher Dr. Hawkins --

Write down every single thing that others can say about you, and own them. Own all your downsides and limitations. So you're stupid, fat, and ugly.

So what?

Once you own everything, nothing can hurt you anymore.

This gets rid of all the dualities. People might think you're "programming" yourself negatively or whatever, but that's assuming that positive is good and desireable, hence creating the duality. If you don't care either way, nothing bothers you

I noticed this when I realized that I wanted to have a good self-image, I wanted to be attractive and intelligent and witty and likeable. This creates its opposite, and thus the fear always arises whether I was aligned with my ideal self-image or not, whether I'll lose approval or not, when, how, why, blahblahblah. If you have no self-image at all, if your ego is gone -- does any of it matter?

A lot of this is easier said than done, though. If it were easy to deprogram the ego, we'd all be enlightened 10 times over

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Raising consciousness and spirituality are real easy ways to release the ego, I suggest reading Dr. Hawkins' works (power vs. force, Eye of the I, I: Reality and Subjectivity) and do the A Course in Miracles workbook:

A Course in Miracles - Workbook for Students - Table of Contents

One lesson a day, 365 lessons in total. Awesome stuff

02-14-2007, 08:43 PM	#6 (permalink)
ethereal Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 586	Here's an exercise I picked up from my fav. teacher Dr. Hawkins -- Write down every single thing that others can say about you, and own them. Own all your downsides and limitations. So you're stupid, fat, and ugly. So what? Once you own everything, nothing can hurt you anymore. This gets rid of all the dualities. People might think you're "programming" yourself negatively or whatever, but that's assuming that positive is good and desireable, hence creating the duality. If you don't care either way, nothing bothers you I noticed this when I realized that I wanted to have a good self-image, I wanted to be attractive and intelligent and witty and likeable. This creates its opposite, and thus the fear always arises whether I was aligned with my ideal self-image or not, whether I'll lose approval or not, when, how, why, blahblahblah. If you have no self-image at all, if your ego is gone -- does any of it matter? A lot of this is easier said than done, though. If it were easy to deprogram the ego, we'd all be enlightened 10 times over ------- Raising consciousness and spirituality are real easy ways to release the ego, I suggest reading Dr. Hawkins' works (power vs. force, Eye of the I, I: Reality and Subjectivity) and do the A Course in Miracles workbook: A Course in Miracles - Workbook for Students - Table of Contents One lesson a day, 365 lessons in total. Awesome stuff Last edited by ethereal; 02-14-2007 at 08:51 PM.