What Ego Trip? It’s bizarre that some animal-eaters actually believe lifelong veganism is a possible ego trip. If it is so, vegans sure make great efforts for their entire lives, to keep their egos inflated – but for what? Do they get paid or any special benefits from those who...

Are the Olympic Games’ victories for fattening egos, he wondered, while the Paralympic Games’ victories for raising self-esteem? Then again, for either games, egos and self-esteem can get squashed when medals are not won too. Maybe everyone should just play sports for fun and...

When you argue your case, is it because the truth must prevail for the greater good, or is it because your ego must win, only for your own ‘good’? The moment you know you are fighting for your ego and not so much the truth, you have already lost. And you truly lose if you are not...

Do the anonymous have too much ego to hide, or too little ego to show? Are their egos with shamefulness or shamelessness (or in between), pridefulness or pridelessness (or in between)? Is there a larger purpose, to share the impersonal truth, without fixations on any particular...

From the movie ‘Peepli (Live)’, which is social tragedy of about how a poor farmer was tempted to kill himself to secure government funds for his family. Natha: If I will not be alive then, what is the use for respect? Budhia: If you don’t do anything for your family, then...

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 &...

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...

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...

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; but it...

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,...

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...

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? Tat: Nope –...

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...

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...

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:...

Japan Adventures (11) : Killing Attachment to the Ego We visited a temple where there was a room that once hosted the suicide of a political figure. In ancient Japan, there was the practice of committing ritual suicide (seppuku) by disembowelment. According to Wikipedia, ‘Seppuku was...