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Ego & spiritual life

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The Pearl Beyond Price—Integration of Personality Into Being: An Object Relations Approach (Vol. 2)

In this book Almaas demonstrates that healthy ego development is part of the continuum of spiritual development. He also establishes the possibility of attaining inner realization and developing our essential being—“the pearl beyond price”—in the context of living a normal human life.

A. H. Almaas, Lawrence Spiro

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Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism

The Tibetan meditation master Chögyam Trungpa calls attention to the commonest pitfall to which everyone on the spiritual path falls prey—what he calls spiritual materialism. “The problem is that ego can convert anything to its own use,” he says, “even spirituality.

Chögyam Trungpa

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No Excuses

There are no obstacles, just opportunities. Take them now.

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FindCenter Don’t become a spiritual zombie, devoid of passion and deep human feeling. Let spirituality become a celebration of your uniqueness rather than a repression of it. Never lose your quirkiness, your strangeness, your weirdness—your unique and irreplaceable flavour.

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The Myth of Freedom and the Way of Meditation

In The Myth of Freedom and the Way of Meditation, Chögyam Trungpa explores the true meaning of freedom, showing us how our attitudes, preconceptions, and even our spiritual practices can become chains that bind us to repetitive patterns of frustration and despair.

Chögyam Trungpa, Pema Chödrön (foreword)

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The 9 Stages of Spiritual Self-Realization

Self-realization is one of those phrases that we hear on the spiritual path that goes in one ear and out the other. We don’t give it much thought, yet it’s at the very heart of EVERYTHING.

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Essence with The Elixir of Enlightenment: The Diamond Approach to Inner Realization

Essence has been combined with The Elixir of Enlightenment, a short introductory text directed toward students on the path who are frustrated by either the spiritual or psychological barriers that Western life can present.

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FindCenter Another spiritual suggestion for remaining calm is to refrain from trying to control everyone around you. The more controlling you are, the more you’ll get lost in ego land and removed from your spirit.

Sonia Choquette

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