The Ego is Sneaky: 5 Ways to Know When It’s In Charge

Waking Times: If you are reading this article, it’s probable that you have read dozens, if not hundreds of books and articles on spirituality. You may have studied numerous traditions, and sought the help of a master from any number of traditions. Or, maybe you’ve stuck with just one, diligently. The truth is that you have probably succumbed to the amazing maneuvers of your mystical ego, and fallen right into some of the spiritual pits you have been trying to avoid. Sometimes no matter how hard we try, we get upset, judgmental, lazy, mean, or even angry. We forget so easily, that whatever we see ‘out there’ is just reflecting what’s ‘in here.’ Damn, it can be exasperating!

The ego is so tricky, it can even use your spiritual practice as a way to do you in. It can make you and your opinions seem ‘better’ than others, and anyone else’s wisdom, ‘inferior.’ It can turn the most hallowed practice into a convoluted mind-screw that has you thinking you are ascending, when really you are back-sliding faster than an ice-skater dancing on a banana peel.

So, while a simple list is just another device for the ego to make you think you know what’s up when there is still so much more to learn, here are a few ways you can tell when your ego is up to no good and taking charge in your life:..read more>>>...