By Mike Sygula
Ego can be a very strong mechanism (a false self, not what we really are) that can control us, can also be used to control us by whoever wants to control you, a corporation, government or people of power. Many People who act from ego aren’t fully aware of it, or they might be only to some extent and don’t see the full scope.
Eight sings that ego controls you:
Ego always wants more and it is great at justifying why you need more.
Ego always protects itself. You know someone that is criticizing you, maybe justified but ego will always try to convince you that he is attacking you so you fight back with a counter argument.
Judging others, how you think they should be like according to your perception (which is biased). You also see others on their status, categorizing them and not looking at them equally as human beings and sometimes we try to tell them how should they behave.
Looking at others based on their status. Ego qualify people based on their status not treating them equally and not recognizing that we are all humans.
Ego wants to be in control so you try to control others, or make them fear you.
Ego needs recognition, so you want to get attention, prove to someone that your are worthy, better, maybe through money, maybe having something that others could be jealous of.
Ego doesn’t like forgiveness. Ego loves to punish someone, so someone is hurting you or maybe for some reason they lost your trust and now you hate them, you want to punish them, you cut them out from your life.
It is important to observe your behavior to recognize why yo do something. Are you acting from your ego?
How can we deprogram ourselves from this conditioning, from this false identity:
Recognize that we are acting from the ego, that ego is manipulating and controlling us and start noticing these patterns.
We need to acknowledge that this is an illusion and we need to start thinking that we can change.
Start making different decisions and different choices to deprogram ourselves.
Recognizing that no one is better, we are different but we are all the same, we’re human beings.
Thinking about forgiveness, starting with yourself and then others.
Do not impose our views on others and accept others for who they are.
Recognize that our experiences and behavior and that of others are also the consequences of our karma and theirs.
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