Awakening Beyond the Ego through Embodied Practice
We aren’t a jumbled array of erratic thoughts and fickle sensations – through yoga, meditation, and martial arts, we become architects of our lives, accessing inner resources to construct our future.
It’s easy to become lost, hostage to tightly wound knots and jagged edges of conditioned patterns. Trapped in thought cycles, we can believe this constrained state is permanent reality.
Yet through diligent practice of these disciplines, we develop our bodies, lift spirits, and find inspiration to transcend mental limits. We gain courage to question imposed boundaries and think into authentic possibility – daring to dream boldly.
The mind workshops our thoughts; thoughts inform decisions from which actions flow. Actions end the chain, thoughts begin it. Therefore, changing thoughts changes decisions, changes lives.
Today’s fast-paced world promotes incessant doing to fuel having – a perpetual drive to acquire status symbols and possessions. An ego-driven, stressful model – a lifetime determining self-worth through acquisition, endlessly seeking happiness in having.
These practices unveil a different paradigm: First, being authentic selves; from that presence, doing what’s necessary; allowing ourselves to have what’s sufficient. A model for genuine happiness, radiant health, and elevated performance.
In our practice, we seek to start from wholehearted presence – our undivided true nature. From this unified ground, precise techniques flow spontaneously, and results blossom effortlessly.
Our ego can obstruct this by fixating on future results, making present-moment authenticity impossible. This leads to grasping at techniques and domineering behaviours that divide.
The ego is mysterious, attractive, and powerful – a springboard for great achievement yet instigator of failure. It transforms ignorance into arrogance, leaders into dictators, allowing opinions to be confused as facts.
As ego embodies, its actions feel natural and justified. This instinctive feeling clouds our ability to even notice the ego’s distortions.
We must recognize when ego obstructs our path. When judgments and decisions stem from the ego’s cravings, not wisdom. Consequences manifest as projecting judgments onto others, blaming them for self-created circumstances.
No one’s ego can truly obstruct us – only our own. You’re in charge of its application.
The ego can spur great achievements, push past limits. Yet it also creates destructive win-lose situations leading to disappointment.
Reducing the ego’s grip allows you to reside in the present with vibrant energy and a wholesome approach to learning, leading, and living fulfilled.
Through these embodied practices, we shed delusion to reveal our innate wholeness – already divine. From integrated presence, virtuous action arises effortlessly.
