Pema Chodron Quotes about Ego

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There comes a time when the bubble of ego is popped and you can’t get the ground back for an extended period of time. Those times, when you absolutely cannot get it back together, are the most rich and powerful times in

There comes a time when the bubble of ego is popped and you can’t get the ground back for an extended period of time. Those times, when you absolutely cannot get it back together, are the most rich and powerful times in our lives.

Pema Chodron

Powerful, Ego, Together

All ego really is, is our opinions, which we take to be solid, real, and the absolute truth about how things are.

Pema Chodron

Real, Ego, Opinion

I equate ego with trying to figure everything out instead of going with the flow. That closes your heart and your mind to the person or situation that's right in front of you, and you miss so much.

Pema Chodron

Heart, Missing, Ego

The ego seeks to divide and separate. Spirit seeks to unify and heal.

Pema Chodron

Ego, Spirit, Heal

"Comparison Is the Voice of the Ego" by Hera Bosley, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 22, 2015.

You're the only one who knows when you're using things to protect yourself and keep your ego together and when you're opening and letting things fall apart, letting the world come as it is - working with it rather than struggling against it. You're the only one who knows.

Pema Chodron

Struggle, Fall, Ego

Pema Chodron (2001). “Start Where You Are: A Guide to Compassionate Living”, p.126, Shambhala Publications

Although we have the potential to experience the freedom of a butterfly, we mysteriously prefer the small and fearful cocoon of ego.

Pema Chodron

Butterfly, Ego, Cocoons

Pema Chodron (2002). “The Places That Scare You: A Guide to Fearlessness in Difficult Times”, p.12, Shambhala Publications

The second noble truth says that this resistance is the...mechanism of what we call ego, that resisting life causes suffering.

Pema Chodron

Ego, Suffering, Noble

Ego is something that you come to know - something that you befriend by not acting out or by repressing all the feelings that you feel.

Pema Chodron

Ego, Feelings, Acting

Finding the courage to go to the places that scare us cannot happen without compassionate inquiry into the workings of ego... Openness doesn't come from resisting our fears but from getting to know them well.

Pema Chodron

Ego, Scare, Inquiry

Pema Chodron (2002). “The Places That Scare You: A Guide to Fearlessness in Difficult Times”, p.13, Shambhala Publications