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Egos Anonymous and the Controller: Ken Blanchard and Robert Strock

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inquiry instructions

Inquiry 1:
Where is my ego revealing itself in a way that is causing suffering in my life? How much can I care for it as it is?

Personal integration 1:
This practice can be done alone or with a friend, lover, or counselor. Take one to five minutes or longer to contemplate and answer the question. When done with another, it is essential that the listener remains neutral and encourages you to find where your ego is most affecting the quality of your life. If you are with a partner repeat this inquiry as needed to help your partner maintain focus.

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	Egos Anonymous and the Controller: Ken Blanchard and Robert Strock <p> <strong>Inquiry 1:</strong><br /> Where is my ego revealing itself in a way that is causing suffering in my life? How much can I care for it as it is? </p><div> <strong>Personal integration 1:</strong><br /> This practice can be done alone or with a friend, lover, or counselor. Take one to five minutes or longer to contemplate and answer the question. When done with another, it is essential that the listener remains neutral and encourages you to find where your ego is most affecting the quality of your life. If you are with a partner repeat this inquiry as needed to help your partner maintain focus. </div><div> </div><div> <strong>Inquiry 2:</strong><br /> How does it feel to explore where your ego is causing suffering. Does it feel shameful, embarrassing, relieving, courageous…?<br /> </div><div> <strong>Personal Integration 2:</strong><br /> Follow the instructions above with the intent of self-discovery, and look at whether you are enjoying or criticizing yourself for where you are. Simply notice the quality of the witnessing. How much the awareness is coming from your judgment and how much is coming from your kindness.<br /> </div><div> <strong>Inquiry 3:</strong><br /> Can you see and respond to your ego in a way that allows you to be more harmless or compassioonate rather than just acting in a more self centered way. Be as specific as possible. <br /> </div><div> <strong>Personal Integration 3:</strong><br /> Follow instructions above, and explore all the ways that you could support yourself and others by caring for your ego, letting your destructive reactions go when possible, or perhaps sharing openly what you see about your ego with trusted people in your life…</div><div> Consider caring statements like:</div><div> I am so glad that I have the courage to look at where I am causing harm.</div><div> I want to witness this part of myself as clearly as possible when it is happening.</div><div> I can see and have compassion for the insecurities that lie underneath my reactions. </div><div> I know it will take time, but I am dedicated to be a caring witness to the way my ego reveals itself as often as I can.</div><div> </div> http://humanisticspirituality.org/?page=view&id=4&kind=Videos&topic=spirituality

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Egos Anonymous and the Controller: Ken Blanchard and Robert Strock

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Healing is possible at another level when we can empathically witness where our ego is activating itself in any given moment. One way of looking at this is looking at our ego like a 12 step program "Egos Anonymous".

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