1.0Healing and Transformationhttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/healingandtransformationDavid Starlytehttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/healingandtransformation/author/darensonDefeating the Ego - Healing and Transformationrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="zKnnZXKoLa"><a href="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/healingandtransformation/2014/06/defeating-the-ego.html">Defeating the Ego</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/healingandtransformation/2014/06/defeating-the-ego.html/embed#?secret=zKnnZXKoLa" width="600" height="338" title="“Defeating the Ego” — Healing and Transformation" data-secret="zKnnZXKoLa" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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The ego is a reflection of confusion and fear. With greater awareness comes the opportunity to dissolve this illusion of limitation. Much can be much greater, much broader. Everything around you that you call life, is made up of possibility. You can change things, build, improve things. This is not illusion – this is fact…http://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/healingandtransformation/files/2014/06/e-g-o.jpg