The Illusions of the Ego

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <blockquote class="tr_bq"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj471GRw9ln71MEUGNpZtcsIBClmrPNl80HtA4n2D27nqpulDe1dq_rJ72ny9__zbHOuck0gnNCDcE7NARYPoXk6JrRpRknNOGcMtsSGJXLg8X2M0-JVmW-yMgTpQ-rGOuZfS1yrYE1Xt8F/s1600/wabi.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj471GRw9ln71MEUGNpZtcsIBClmrPNl80HtA4n2D27nqpulDe1dq_rJ72ny9__zbHOuck0gnNCDcE7NARYPoXk6JrRpRknNOGcMtsSGJXLg8X2M0-JVmW-yMgTpQ-rGOuZfS1yrYE1Xt8F/s1600/wabi.jpeg" /></a></div> <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Looking back, it becomes clear to me that ego, before and since I gave up the bottle, has been the chief architect of my problems in life. Though I've not often thought of myself as an egotist (what egotist ever really does?), I begin to see the many small but dangerous ways my ego has conspired against me, and does to this day. It has every bit the power to alter my perceptions of reality that alcohol ever did — and ultimately is just as deadly, perhaps more so. </span></span></blockquote> <div class="zemanta-related" style="clear: both; margin-top: 20px; overflow: hidden;"> <h4 class="zemanta-related-title"> Related articles</h4> <ul class="zemanta-article-ul zemanta-article-ul-image" style="margin: 0; overflow: hidden; padding: 0;"> <li class="zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li" style="background: none; display: block; float: left; font-size: 11px; list-style: none; margin: 2px 10px 10px 2px; padding: 0; text-align: left; vertical-align: top; width: 84px;"><a href="http://intuitivevoices.blogspot.com/2015/06/the-key-to-loving-kindness-practice-is.html" style="border-radius: 2px; box-shadow: 0px 0px 4px #999; display: block; padding: 2px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><img src="//i.zemanta.com/348787251_80_80.jpg" style="border: 0; display: block; margin: 0; max-width: 100%; padding: 0; width: 80px;" /></a><a href="http://intuitivevoices.blogspot.com/2015/06/the-key-to-loving-kindness-practice-is.html" style="background-image: none; display: block; height: 83px; line-height: 12pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 5px 2px 0 2px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">The key to loving kindness practice is realising that all the love you need is already within you.</a></li> </ul> </div>

The Illusions of the Ego

Looking back, it becomes clear to me that ego, before and since I gave up the bottle, has been the chief architect of my problems in life. Though I've not often thought of myself as an egotist (what …

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Dissociation overlay are the prolonged symptoms of addiction

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguSq_AixnWbakllg1RXcsDUNG-bWA0qD_qBBrb-uBGMsAkccx8CZt1u-VKXZXfCalbH8x9edffuP2aDcprm7v32zy4Ro8QxUm0QGnW37pjGUdmFXqTStWneh5JADo1RiulZMXq60mfxBWW/s1600/Practical+Courses.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="118" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguSq_AixnWbakllg1RXcsDUNG-bWA0qD_qBBrb-uBGMsAkccx8CZt1u-VKXZXfCalbH8x9edffuP2aDcprm7v32zy4Ro8QxUm0QGnW37pjGUdmFXqTStWneh5JADo1RiulZMXq60mfxBWW/s320/Practical+Courses.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;">Dissociation overlay are the prolonged symptoms of addiction long after signs of the addiction have subsided, or combinations of depression and elation caused by dissociation that last well into recovery. Dissociation overlay is the primary mind disease of addiction; The Ten Stages is required to examine the deep seated actual causation of the dysfunction.</span>

Dissociation overlay are the prolonged symptoms of addiction

Dissociation overlay are the prolonged symptoms of addiction long after signs of the addiction have subsided, or combinations of depression and elation caused by dissociation that last well into reco…

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Throw caution to the wind and gingerly place your fragile, beating heart in the hands of another human being and hope they don't crush it in their fist for giggles.

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Throw caution to the wind and gingerly place your fragile, beating heart in the hands of another human being and hope they don't crush it in their fist for giggles.

"In the face of love's potential destructive fury, you're left with three options. 1) Pull down the emotional shutters and try to avoid it. 2) Find someone you admire or like, rather than love, and t…

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