The more defensive you are about a belief you have, the more likely that that belief is standing in the way of your freedom.
Joe Hudsonx.comThe more defensive you are about a belief you have, the more likely that that belief is standing in the way of your freedom.
It seems to me that egos emerge in order to take care of our needs in contexts where we don’t trust the strategy of surrendering to the We. The paradox is that the presence of ego is often one of the main things in the way of the We being able to take care of our needs.
When a core belief is questioned, though, we tend to shut down rather than open up. It’s as if there’s a miniature dictator living inside our heads,8 controlling the flow of facts to our minds, much like Kim Jong-un controls the press in North Korea. The technical term for this in psychology is the totalitarian ego, and its job is to keep out threa
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The more defensive you are about a belief you have, the more likely that belief is limiting you.
Joe Hudsonx.comTo the degree that we have our identity intertwined with a belief or view, we will feel the need to defend that belief as if we’re defending ourselves. The nice thing is that once we see a belief as a belief (a mere thought), we are relieved of some of this sense of needing to defend ourselves.
Angelo Dilullo • Awake: It's Your Turn
"This attitude of fear says, “I will not trust.” It is a deeply hostile attitude toward life. It also is connected to pride and selfwill in the belief that, “If I am not special (better than others), or if I do not get my way (fulfill my little self-will), then something terrible will happen.” Fear both supports and results from the attitudes
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