A Sufi tale has it that God plays a joke on us when we're born. He whispers in our ear: 'You are the special one!' The joke is that He says it to everyone.
Referring to the works of Eckhart Tolle, Osho, Michael Singer, Steve Taylor, Erich Fromm, Noam Chomsky, and others, A Short Book About Ego describes the three key strategies we use to be 'special' - the Successful Ego, the Suffering Ego, and the Righteous Ego - arguing that the drive to be 'above' others is the ultimate root of all misery and prejudice.
Based on 30 years of meditation and 30 years of political activism, David Edwards provides a simple, direct guide to transforming the emotional pain of ego - of anger, resentment, dissatisfaction, boredom, jealousy, craving, and fear - into love and bliss through witnessing, watching, and presence.
Nothing humanises us like the pain we're willing to accept and embrace. Nothing dehumanises us like the pain we're willing to reject and project onto others. Drawn from in-depth personal experience, A Short Book About Ego argues that the best way to escape from a man-eating tiger in hot pursuit is to stop, turn, and jump into the tiger's mouth!
| ISBN: | 9781803418162 |
| Publication date: | 24th June 2025 |
| Author: | David Edwards |
| Publisher: | Mantra Books an imprint of John Hunt Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 144 pages |
| Genres: |
Mind, body, spirit: meditation and visualization |
A Sufi tale has it that God plays a joke on us when we're born. He whispers in our ear: 'You are the special one!' The joke is that He says it to everyone.
Referring to the works of Eckhart Tolle, Osho, Michael Singer, Steve Taylor, Erich Fromm, Noam Chomsky, and others, A Short Book About Ego describes the three key strategies we use to be 'special' - the Successful Ego, the Suffering Ego, and the Righteous Ego - arguing that the drive to be 'above' others is the ultimate root of all misery and prejudice.
Based on 30 years of meditation and 30 years of political activism, David Edwards provides a simple, direct guide to transforming the emotional pain of ego - of anger, resentment, dissatisfaction, boredom, jealousy, craving, and fear - into love and bliss through witnessing, watching, and presence.
Nothing humanises us like the pain we're willing to accept and embrace. Nothing dehumanises us like the pain we're willing to reject and project onto others. Drawn from in-depth personal experience, A Short Book About Ego argues that the best way to escape from a man-eating tiger in hot pursuit is to stop, turn, and jump into the tiger's mouth!
A Short Book About Ego... And the Remedy of Meditation features in the following genres: Mind, body, spirit: meditation and visualization
A Short Book About Ego... And the Remedy of Meditation is available in Paperback
A Short Book About Ego... And the Remedy of Meditation was written by David Edwards and published by Mantra Books an imprint of John Hunt Publishing
A Short Book About Ego... And the Remedy of Meditation has 144 pages
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