More On the Negative Ego

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Hello dear friends,

Last week I promised you to write about the negative ego and how it can mess up your life.

Here is what I wrote about it in The Power of the Possible, on pp. 158-160

"There is a voice inside our heads and it never ever tells us the truth. It plays the same old tapes over and over again...every time we allow it to speak, it lies to us. Every time we listen to it and obey it, it brings us destruction, suffering and pain. It is not overly intelligent. Quite the opposite. Our negative ego is dumb. Dumb but cunning and it is masquerading as our best friend.

"When we need to work harder it tells us we've done enough and need to rest.
When we've done a great a job it tells us we could have done it much better...
When someone pays us a compliment, it says it is because they want something from us.
When a friend gives us a constructive criticism, it tell us it is because they are jealous of our success...

"The negative ego has but one purpose: to bring us down and to destroy everything we have...
And yet we listen. Contrary to all common sense we don't just listen, we follow its advice...
And soon enough it all tumbles down: a valued friendship - broken, a career - damaged, a relationship - destroyed...."

There is a lot more in the book, with very good examples, and if you don't have it, it may be a good idea to get the book and to read about this in depth.
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