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kay lar @jaylar (3665) • Kingston, Jamaica 30 May

As entertainers step back to preserve their dignity, the Trump steps in. Can you imagine that clumsy slob 'performing' at the 250 Anniversary? His ego is beyond narcissist... he thinks he's the Messiah. Sorry your...

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Things Seem to Get Worse Every Day But I See a Light at the End of the Tunnel

celticeagle @celticeagle (189789) • Boise, Idaho 18 Nov

I started watching YouTube last night and the backlash after ICE hit Chicago. What happened and how people have organized. It is so good to see that people are helping these immigrants. I see the brutality and downright meanness...

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The ego, life, and love

emptychair @innertalks (23734) • Australia 26 Jan 25

We should not try to destroy our ego, but to work with it. Our ego is a part of who we are. Our total person includes our ego. We need to connect our ego to our soul, rather than to our mind, and so instead of...

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Short story: The Zen master who remained humble, despite criticism of himself

emptychair @innertalks (23734) • Australia 22 Dec 24

[i]The old Zen master claimed, but only to his students, that he was enlightened, aware, and that his level of consciousness was higher than which a human mind could take one, as the mind of no mind connects to higher...

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Short story: Do not try to kill off your ego, more learn to control it

emptychair @innertalks (23734) • Australia 11 Dec 24

[i]The old Professor, of Philosophy, Professor Arndo Respekler, was talking to his students about mankind, and what he is, if the greater picture of him is included in our thinking, or is a part of a philosophic way of...

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Thoughts on the LGBTQ Dilemma

celticeagle @celticeagle (189789) • Boise, Idaho 16 Jul 24

I have seen a lot in my life. I've traveled a little, I've partied a lot, and I've seen characters of all kinds that make up this world of ours. One of the nicest people I have met in my 72 years is gay. These people are kind,...

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Short story: An ego can be both good, or bad, for us.

emptychair @innertalks (23734) • Australia 4 Aug 23

[i]A bookseller had a book that he loved, and he often read it in his store, until another man came in, and asked him what he was reading, and the man showed this man his book, and the man asked him if he could buy it from...

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Short story: A Spiritual guru talks about the role of our ego, our mind, and our soul

emptychair @innertalks (23734) • Australia 29 Jul 23

The spiritual master, Sri Gretor Planksla, was giving a lecture about the roles of our soul, our ego, and our mind, in our lives. Here is how he put it: "Your ego is an attachment to your soul, created by your soul, which...

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Ego plays a bad role if it comes in any relationship! We should stay away from it.

Rashna Gandhi @Rashnag (30597) • Surat, India 11 May 23

Hi guys, Hope you all are doing good. I am doing well too. Ego is something we should try to stay away from. It destroys relationships. I believe if we detach ourselves from ego, we can live...

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celticeagle @celticeagle (189789) • Boise, Idaho 6 Nov 22

Ego seems to be taking over the world. Putin in Russia and the right here in the US. As a line in a song reads: "making us act more like children than children. So true! There are some US citizens who need to look at what they...

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Zen short story: The Zen master's pet canary

emptychair @innertalks (23734) • Australia 26 Apr 22

The Zen master, Arzen Riposhki, had a pet canary, which he liked to talk to every day, around his breakfast time. He told his students that such talk relaxed him, and it got him away from reason, and the frustration, with...

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When Reason and Commonsense Fail

Shiva @Shiva49 (28366) • Singapore 27 Feb 22

I have a view 99% do not want wars because they are the ones to suffer. The balance 1% wants them badly as they benefit materially and then to stroke their ego. They have limited empathy and also compassion. Why do we allow the...

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Ego is negative but self respect is positive!!!

Rashna Gandhi @Rashnag (30597) • Surat, India 20 Dec 21

Hi guys, Hope you all are doing good. I am doing good too. I believe that ego and self respect are such two things which people get confused with, most of the times. Ego is bad. One shouldn't...

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You wanna see The Horse's nasty side? Let me gripe about my latest band.

The Horse @TheHorse (238268) • Walnut Creek, California 16 Jun 21

So we had a band practice last night. We have a gig this weekend. I won't mention our name. The good: Our horn player has studied some jazz theory and has expressed a willingness to play some Miles Davis tunes, with me on bass;...

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Realities will Trump Emotions

Shiva @Shiva49 (28366) • Singapore 3 Apr 21

We are emotional beings/creatures and that leads us to looking at reality though tinted glasses. Reality stares at us back with a vengeance and we will be forced to make up for the lost time. Individually and at a wider level we...

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Short Story: Chess, life, choice, and change.

emptychair @innertalks (23734) • Australia 17 Jan 21

The grandmaster of chess, Frenlin Romoto, was someone who said that his choice of move, either lost him, or won him his game. The power of his game was in his choice of move. Our power of choice, or our power to choose,...

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Short story: The man who bought himself a Presidency, but lost himself, in the process.

emptychair @innertalks (23734) • Australia 20 Nov 20

[b][i]The enigmatic and flamboyant playboy millionaire, Jacj Klondokoe, had just run for President of his country golf club, and won, but he lost himself in the process, as when we place ourselves into a position of trust, where...

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That time of the year!!

GreatMartin @GreatMartin (23670) • Ft. Lauderdale, Florida 17 Nov 20

Twice a year I get a crewcut, usually May and October, which started a few years ago when I decided I am tired of having to fool with my hair every day plus when it gets long it is really a pain--same with beards, mustaches, etc.,...

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The War of Ego

Jesica Susana Maritza @Jesicasu (94) • Banjarmasin, Indonesia 2 Oct 20

Today I saw a fight between two boys in a telegram group, they had an argument for almost an hour but the one was fighting over the main issue, they were fighting to make the other submissive, one man asked to be respected, so I...

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Poetry: A man in love with only just his self sees only falseness

emptychair @innertalks (23734) • Australia 2 Apr 20

The man reached high into himself, but could reach no higher, until he reached past himself into God. Then, and only then, was he his real self. Our ego-self is like a torchlight compared to the sun. [b]Our mind self is...

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