To Let Go of Your Ego, You Need to Make It Strong First

when I first started meditating, I encountered the concept of “letting go of your ego” almost immediately. I found it appealing. I gave in to fantasies of “being one with all life” and “finding infinity in the present moment.” Getting rid of my ego quickly became the main theme in my spiritual growth. “It is important to see that the main point of any spiritual practice is to step out of the bureaucracy of ego,” advises Tibetan monk and scholar Chögyam Trungpa in his book <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Cutting-Through-Spiritual-Materialism-Chogyam/dp/1570629579" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism</a>. “This means stepping out of ego’s constant desire for a higher, more spiritual, more transcendental version of knowledge, religion, virtue, judgment, comfort or whatever it is the particular ego is seeking.” <a href="https://humanparts.medium.com/to-let-go-of-your-ego-you-need-to-make-it-strong-first-84b00884162f">Website</a>