“When ego is lost, limit is lost. You become infinite, kind, beautiful.”

eddie wrote:“When ego is lost, limit is lost. You become infinite, kind, beautiful.”
- Yogi Bhajan



The past. The ego loves to keep us trapped there—rehashing old hurts, perceived mistakes, ancient regrets. What good do these obsessions do?
Now move on.


The complaining ego: Complaining keeps us locked in negativity, right? I mean, think about it. Who wants to hang out with someone who complains all the time? No one. So why complain even to yourself? This is the source from which self-disgust, self-hatred, and self-sabotage springs—and the ego loves it, this self-imposed separation.


Ego keeps you hating. Ego keeps you jealous. Ego keeps you from feeling free. Ego keeps you bitter.

Ego Is Not A Dirty Word (G. Macainsh)
If I did not have an ego I would not be here tonight
If I did not have an ego I might not think that I was right
If you did not have an ego you might not care the way you dressed
If you did not have an ego you'd just be like the rest

Chorus
Ego is not a dirty word
Ego is not a dirty word
Ego is not a dirty word
Don't you believe what you've seen or heard

If Jesus had an ego he'd still be alive today
And if Nixon had no ego he might not be in decay
If you did not have an ego you might not care too much who won
If I did not have an ego I might just use a gun

Chorus

Some people keep their egos in a bottom drawer
A fridge full of Leonard Cohen
Have to get drunk just to walk out the door
Stay drunk to keep on goin'
So if you got an ego
You better keep it in good shape
Exercise it daily
And get it down on tape

Chorus (3 times)

Ego

Ben_Reilly wrote:One thing that always gets me is how hard of a time people can have apologizing for things they've done -- myself included. But I think it's a very good habit to develop; you get better at seeing yourself from other people's perspective and you feel better.

Basically, if you never apologize, you don't think you've ever done anything wrong, and if you don't think you've ever done anything wrong, you're supremely self-deluded :D

NemsAgain wrote:

Ben_Reilly wrote:One thing that always gets me is how hard of a time people can have apologizing for things they've done -- myself included. But I think it's a very good habit to develop; you get better at seeing yourself from other people's perspective and you feel better.

Basically, if you never apologize, you don't think you've ever done anything wrong, and if you don't think you've ever done anything wrong, you're supremely self-deluded :D

Absolutely spot on Ben.

Catman wrote:

NemsAgain wrote:

Ben_Reilly wrote:One thing that always gets me is how hard of a time people can have apologizing for things they've done -- myself included. But I think it's a very good habit to develop; you get better at seeing yourself from other people's perspective and you feel better.

Basically, if you never apologize, you don't think you've ever done anything wrong, and if you don't think you've ever done anything wrong, you're supremely self-deluded :D

Absolutely spot on Ben.

Are you worried, that Sassy hasn't posted on here for days?

You know that she is going through cancer treatment, has that ever crossed your mind?

Catman wrote:

NemsAgain wrote:

Absolutely spot on Ben.

Are you worried, that Sassy hasn't posted on here for days?

You know that she is going through cancer treatment, has that ever crossed your mind?

NemsAgain wrote:

Catman wrote:

Are you worried, that Sassy hasn't posted on here for days?

You know that she is going through cancer treatment, has that ever crossed your mind?

Not my business Phil
Of course I wish her well with her treatment. She will have all her friends and family to look after her.
When are you going to see her?

Catman wrote:

NemsAgain wrote:

Catman wrote:

Are you worried, that Sassy hasn't posted on here for days?

You know that she is going through cancer treatment, has that ever crossed your mind?

Not my business Phil
Of course I wish her well with her treatment. She will have all her friends and family to look after her.
When are you going to see her?

She's an online friend, if she lived near me, then i'm sure that we might have met up by now, or possibly not!

I see online and real life as complete separate issues, but you don't!   

Catman wrote:

NemsAgain wrote:

Not my business Phil
Of course I wish her well with her treatment. She will have all her friends and family to look after her.
When are you going to see her?

She's an online friend, if she lived near me, then i'm sure that we might have met up by now, or possibly not!

I see online and real life as complete separate issues, but you don't!   

Shady wrote:

eddie wrote:“When ego is lost, limit is lost. You become infinite, kind, beautiful.”
- Yogi Bhajan



The past. The ego loves to keep us trapped there—rehashing old hurts, perceived mistakes, ancient regrets. What good do these obsessions do?
Now move on.


The complaining ego: Complaining keeps us locked in negativity, right? I mean, think about it. Who wants to hang out with someone who complains all the time? No one. So why complain even to yourself? This is the source from which self-disgust, self-hatred, and self-sabotage springs—and the ego loves it, this self-imposed separation.


Ego keeps you hating. Ego keeps you jealous. Ego keeps you from feeling free. Ego keeps you bitter.

Is Yogi Bhajan Yogi Bears best mate?

NemsAgain wrote:

Catman wrote:

She's an online friend, if she lived near me, then i'm sure that we might have met up by now, or possibly not!

I see online and real life as complete separate issues, but you don't!   

Yes that is because none of the people on here are your real life friends.
Sassy was my dearest friend, I have sat and laughed and cried and remembered with her.

I will not have you trying to score cheap points like that you disgrace

Catman wrote:

NemsAgain wrote:

Yes that is because none of the people on here are your real life friends.
Sassy was my dearest friend, I have sat and laughed and cried and remembered with her.

I will not have you trying to score cheap points like that you disgrace

I'm not trying to score any kind of cheap points, i'm just explaining things, as i know and see them.  

Ben_Reilly wrote:One thing that always gets me is how hard of a time people can have apologizing for things they've done -- myself included. But I think it's a very good habit to develop; you get better at seeing yourself from other people's perspective and you feel better.

Basically, if you never apologize, you don't think you've ever done anything wrong, and if you don't think you've ever done anything wrong, you're supremely self-deluded :D

Tess. wrote:

Ben_Reilly wrote:One thing that always gets me is how hard of a time people can have apologizing for things they've done -- myself included. But I think it's a very good habit to develop; you get better at seeing yourself from other people's perspective and you feel better.

Basically, if you never apologize, you don't think you've ever done anything wrong, and if you don't think you've ever done anything wrong, you're supremely self-deluded :D

Could you e-mail that comment to the Labour Party?

NemsAgain wrote:

Tess. wrote:
Could you e-mail that comment to the Labour Party?

All politicians surely Tess?!

Catman wrote:

NemsAgain wrote:

Absolutely spot on Ben.

Are you worried, that Sassy hasn't posted on here for days?

You know that she is going through cancer treatment, has that ever crossed your mind?

Joy Division wrote:

Catman wrote:

Are you worried, that Sassy hasn't posted on here for days?

You know that she is going through cancer treatment, has that ever crossed your mind?

I was wondering that too Phil, Sassy has had a few times now when she has not posted for two or three days, but has returned to hold her own on here for another day!..

I also wondered of TTS, but then was told he had  left, but with Sassy's health the way it is right now, it does make one worry, her treatment will probably make her feel tired and crap as well.

Im sure she will be back to leather some on here any day now!

Be good to see TTS come back too!

But maybe if Sassy is not back on by , say tomorrow ..then we should worry a wee bit again.

Sassy wrote:Back on topic:

Ego

the “I” or self of any person; a person as thinking, feeling, and willing, and distinguishing itself from the selves of others and from objects of its thought.

Psychoanalysis . the part of the psychic apparatus that experiences and reacts to the outside world and thus mediates between the primitive drives of the id and the demands of the social and physical environment.

self-esteem or self-image; feelings

the enduring and conscious element that knows experience.

Scholasticism. the complete person comprising both body and soul.

If you had no ego and sense of self worth you would spend your life clinically depressed and never doing anything.

Sassy wrote:

Joy Division wrote:


I was wondering that too Phil, Sassy has had a few times now when she has not posted for two or three days, but has returned to hold her own on here for another day!..

I also wondered of TTS, but then was told he had  left, but with Sassy's health the way it is right now, it does make one worry, her treatment will probably make her feel tired and crap as well.

Im sure she will be back to leather some on here any day now!

Be good to see TTS come back too!

But maybe if Sassy is not back on by , say tomorrow ..then we should worry a wee bit again.

Chucked up a lot, but still here!  Few more weeks and hopefully my blood will be stable enough to leave it for the time being thanks JD.

Thanks for the thoughts people.   It's not terminal unless I get a really nasty bug that I can't fight (that's how most people with CLL go, like Jeremy Beadle with pneaumonia) but it's a bloody nuisance!

Sassy wrote:Stay in lol, can't remember the last time I went out.   Got to stay away from bugs.  Once this is over will be off, they won't see me for days.

Sassy wrote:Stay in lol, can't remember the last time I went out.   Got to stay away from bugs.  Once this is over will be off, they won't see me for days.

heavenly father wrote:i'm smarter than the average bear....Yogi bear..

NemsAgain wrote:

heavenly father wrote:i'm smarter than the average bear....Yogi bear..

He is a rude bear!

eddie wrote:
“When ego is lost, limit is lost. You become infinite, kind, beautiful.”
- Yogi Bhajan


The past. The ego loves to keep us trapped there—rehashing old hurts, perceived mistakes, ancient regrets. What good do these obsessions do?
Now move on.........................................

lovedust wrote:

Shady wrote:

Is Yogi Bhajan Yogi Bears best mate?

He's a sort of kundalini yoga hippie. I get the impression he has quite a big ego.

Beekeeper wrote: 

GIVING new meaning to the expression that "Yoga is for pussies !" :



 

eddie wrote:

Sassy wrote:Stay in lol, can't remember the last time I went out.   Got to stay away from bugs.  Once this is over will be off, they won't see me for days.

Sending you my best.
I hope one day we find a cure for cancer so we can tell it to fuck off.

Stay healthy x