Browsing Tag: Ego

Talent, Arrogance and Modesty: As you peruse my ruminations today, both the title and the content may rub many the wrong way. That's not the intent. Some matters are universal and no one remains immune for long.
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At The Mercy of Our Own Mafia?: Max Arthur Macauliffe, a noted Sikh historian commented: "I am not without hope that when enlightened nations become acquainted with the merits of the Sikh religion they will not willingly let it perish in the great abyss in which so many creeds have been engulfed."
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Your Spiritual Path: How could a loving God bar any sincere person from meeting Him? I realized that this core belief, that in all human beings live the One Creator, began a process of opening me to God’s grace, drawing me into the wider embrace of Sikhism, a religion I did not know existed until I met the man who would become my husband.
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Love Your Ego: Some of us may at times like pointing fingers at what we see as ‘other people’s ego’. Some believe that we are in fact our ego. Many spiritual traditions of the east and the west believe that the ego is an ‘enemy’ which must be done away with, or at least overcome.
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Cash and Trash: ..I regret and am embarrassed to tell you what went into my mind. When I went through the aisle to pay my respect to Guru Granth Sahib, I could not help looking at the Sangat already sitting there.
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Ego: The trap of creation: The very first sign of duality (separation from The One) appears when selflessness starts to get shrouded with egotism.
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Offer What is Yours: A noble King had all his subject do a fast in honor of Vishnu on the day of Ekadasi. There was one man who didn't do the fast though, he was a Sikh of Guru Nanak. "I am constantly fasting. I eat little food and sleep little. I fast from any and all temptation that distract my devotion to God," explained the man. The King was very impressed and wanted very much to meet this Guru. But how would he ever meet this famous saint known as 'Baba Nanak'?; read more and listen

The Window of the Mind: Practical techniques that open the window of your mind. With your mind you can view every thought, every feeling, and every part of your life. But you can cover that window with so much dust from your ego that you cannot see your soul at all.
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