overcome your ego

So here's one quick thing I want to share before I go to bed tonight. This evening I was listening to "the secrets of the power of intention" by Dr. Wayne W. Dyer. I am very interested in spiritual self improvement so I was excited to borrow this 6-CD set from a friend on Sunday. I haven't had a chance to sit down and listen to it all at once. I've been listening to it in bits and pieces - mainly in my car to and from work. The basic idea is to "change the way you look at things and the things you look at change". So if you've read, listened to or watched The Secret - its the same idea.

One of the points Dr. Dyer stresses is that you have to overcome your ego in order to reach your full potential. Your ego gets in the way of your good intentions. Here are the 7 points he mentioned about overcoming the negative impact of our egos.

1.Stop being offended - you have a choice, you don't have to put up a wall and get offended by ever little thing.

2.let go of the need to win

3.let go of the need to be right

4.let go of your need to be superior

5.let go of your need to have more

6.let go of identifying yourself on the basis of your achievements. - You are not what you achieve - you are Divine

7.let go of identifying yourself on the basis of your reputation. - You are not your reputation. You are not what others think of you.

The operative word or idea in these points is "NEED". Winning is good, just let go of the NEED to always win. Having abundance in your life is good...but the NEED is always have more is where the problem lies.

Very, very interesting. Definitely made me go "mmmmmmm". One of my favorite quotes is

"Compare yourself to the person you were yesterday. If you are better in some way than that person, then you are a success today"

I don't know who said it or where I got it from but they are words to live by. It reminds me there is always room to grow and learn more, and at the same time it also reminds me not to compare myself to anyone else.