A: I feel that I am very different from others. B: Everyone feels they are different from others. A: Er… I am different… I feel that I am exactly the same as others! Us unenlightened beings are similarly egoistic, yet to different extents. Related Article: Tom, Dick & Harry http://moonpointer.com/index.php?itemid=63

When one trips and falls, it’s easier to look for someone to blame, than to realise one was unmindful, as one’s ego looks for a scapegoat. Even when there is no tripper to blame, it’s easier to look for something on the ground to blame, than to realise one was unmindful, as one’s ego looks [...]

Everyone has weaknesses… which can be magnified if in denial of them… due to ego. Strong ego ironically is a weakness. It is only through acceptance of our weaknesses that we can work with them, softening our ego in the process.

As long as there is an ego, there are demons. When there is no more ego, there are no more demons either! – Machig Labdrön The chief demon is not Mara; The chief demon is your ego. – Stonepeace You may think that gods are the one’s who give you benefits, and demons cause damage; [...]

Many staff quit organisations with Big Boss Syndromes (BBS), which is the ‘I’m always right’ attitude – while the Big Bosses are unaware that they quit precisely because of their huge egos. Due to BBS, staff don’t dare to feedback honestly to their Big Bosses, because they know that they don’t take feedback well. Even [...]

In ‘Batman: Gotham After Midnight’ by Steve Niles and Kelley Jones, Batman says this to Comissioner Gordon, ‘This is the second time she [a police officer] took credit for my work. I don’t like it. You know how important it is for criminals to know that it’s me taking them down.‘ Sounds like an egoistic [...]

A Tit for a Tat (60) Tit: Why must you always have the last word? Tat: I don’t always have to have it. Tit: But I see that happening most of the time when we debate. Tat: It was just the truth getting its final say. The truth must triumph! Tit: Really? Not your ego? [...]

History: He was in inter-organisational committee a few years ago, that was an umbrella body for several organisations. He was from a certain federation. Due to some differences with it, he formed another association. As the representative for the community that both that federation and his association were part of, he had the power to [...]

Pic: Which is scarier – a grinning Cheshire Cat or a scowling one? I saw two stationary stray cats gazing silently but intently at each other, at about five metres apart. As I wondered what was going on in their minds, it struck me that they might also be wondering what the other was wondering [...]

Fai: My casual observation: both ‘practice’ and ‘studies’ seems to work well as means for ego inflation. I have met both ‘serious meditators/ practitioners’ as well as Buddhist scholars who have very big egos and think the world of themselves.  Me: [Thoughts upon reading the above] When anyone considers oneself a ‘serious scholar’ or a [...]