Chapter
Meditation and Ego
1:08:15 - 1:14:40 (06:24)
Meditation has helped the speaker bring a warmer, friendlier, and more loving sense to viewing their ego and its machinations. This has decreased the speaker's tendency towards anger and has shifted their perspective on spiritual quests from a violent slaying of the dragon to a more compassionate approach.
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The speaker discusses his own challenges in meditation practice, particularly in regards to viewing the contents of his consciousness with a "loving awareness", which he initially found overwrought but later shifted his perspective on.
1:08:15 - 1:09:01 (00:45)
Summary
The speaker discusses his own challenges in meditation practice, particularly in regards to viewing the contents of his consciousness with a "loving awareness", which he initially found overwrought but later shifted his perspective on.
ChapterMeditation and Ego
Episode#481: Dan Harris on Becoming 10% Happier, Hugging Inner Dragons, Self-Help for Skeptics, Training the Mind, and Much More
PodcastThe Tim Ferriss Show
The speaker shares his revelation about how instead of trying to slay our ego in meditation, we should embrace and love it.
1:09:01 - 1:12:39 (03:37)
Summary
The speaker shares his revelation about how instead of trying to slay our ego in meditation, we should embrace and love it. This approach can lead to better decision-making and inner peace.
ChapterMeditation and Ego
Episode#481: Dan Harris on Becoming 10% Happier, Hugging Inner Dragons, Self-Help for Skeptics, Training the Mind, and Much More
PodcastThe Tim Ferriss Show
The speaker discusses how his high standards for work can trigger his anxiety and manifest in anger, yet he recognizes that fear and anxiety are often at the root of many problems.
1:12:38 - 1:14:40 (02:01)
Summary
The speaker discusses how his high standards for work can trigger his anxiety and manifest in anger, yet he recognizes that fear and anxiety are often at the root of many problems. Another speaker mentions their emotional landscape has two gears: anger and self-pity.