Ego Dropping

The Magic of Breaking Free from Self-Concern By Leo Babauta There’s a mindfulness technique I’ve been practicing for a number of years now, and when I can do it, it’s like magic. The practice is dropping the ego - dropping my self-concern, my sense of being separate from everything else, and returning to wholeness with everything. While that can sound a bit new age-y, what I’ve learned is that almost all of our problems are caused by our self-concern. Consider these common problems: Angry at someone else: We’re mad because they were inconsiderate to us, insulted or offended us, made us feel bad about ourselves. But that’s because we’re caught up in self-concern. We are thinking about ourselves and how they’ve hurt us. Dropping self-concern, we can see that this other person is hurt in some way, and reacting badly because of it (which we all do sometimes). Worried about failing: We might not try to do a big project, start a business, write a book, found a non-profit organization,…