The ego-mind, almost by definition, is that comparison voice in everyone’s head. It’s what we notice in the recent oddity of Charlie Sheen or Donald Trump. For those men, they probably have a Superiority Complex (comparison of how superior they are). Most people have an Inferiority Complex. Either way, it’s the inner voice that is…
I just ran across what I think if one of the most profound short documentaries ever created. It’s from the alternate ending to Guy Richie’s Revolver. Revolver received poor reviews because it was what Richie called an “intellectual action movie”. Action lovers, especially of gangster movies, don’t usually want to think. Indeed, I imagine they…
Here’s a brilliant short on the chattering monkey ALL of us have in our head. Yes, you and me both. Are we selfish animals are humans? Though man has worked diligently to evolve, our inner monkey is still there. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3I7TKW_QQbA
We humans suffer tremendously at the hands of our ego. It puts great pressure on us. It says, “I must be perfect.” ‘I must do everything on my own.” “I must be brilliant, have all the answers.” It makes us the center of the universe and that’s a lot of pressure, isn’t it? I think…