Egos Anonymous Daily Reflection — Egos Anonymous

“The real ‘work’ of prayer is to become silent and listen to the voice that says good things about me.” — Henri J.M. Nouwen So much of our inner effort can be driven by fear — fear of being judged, fear of being wrong, fear of not

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“The eye with which I see God is the same eye with which God sees me.”     — Meister Eckhart We often imagine seeing and being seen as two separate movements: I look for God; God looks at me. Yet it may be that t

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“Mysticism is the art of union with Reality.”    — Evelyn Underhill Mysticism is not presented here as escape, but as union — a quiet participation in what is most real. Much of what we call spiritual work may not be

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“How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.” — Annie Dillard, The Writing Life The spiritual life does not unfold somewhere else. It unfolds here — in the texture of the day we are actually living. The ego looks fo

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“Contemplation is a sudden gift of awareness, an awakening to the Real within us.” — Thomas Merton, New Seeds of Contemplation Step Eleven is not about acquiring a new spiritual skill. It is about consenting to what may have always

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“The miracle is not to walk on water. The miracle is to walk on the earth.” — Thich Nhat Hanh, The Miracle of Mindfulness Step Ten returns us to the ordinary. The ego often prefers dramatic transformation — a clear before and after,

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“Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better.” — Maya Angelou Step Nine is where willingness meets action. After acknowledging where our self-protection has affected others, we begin to consider wha

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“To love well is the task in all meaningful relationships.” — bell hooks, All About Love Step Eight invites us to see that love is not only an interior feeling but also a way of being responsible for the impact of our lives. Much of

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“Grace fills empty spaces, but it can only enter where there is a void to receive it.”   — Simone Weil Step Seven invites us to notice how full our hands are. They may be full of certainty, effort, self-protection, and th

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“You only have to let the soft animal of your body love what it loves.”  — Mary Oliver Many of us begin to notice how much effort goes into maintaining certain versions of ourselves. Identities that once helped us survive—being

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“Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.”    — James Baldwin Step Five may be where you begin to notice that secrecy has been part of the suffering. The ego often see

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“There is something in every one of you that waits and listens for the sound of the genuine in yourself.”   — Howard Thurman Step Four invites a different kind of looking. Not a sharp, corrective gaze, but a listening att

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“We do not think ourselves into new ways of living; we live ourselves into new ways of thinking.”  — Richard Rohr Step Three may not be a heroic act of will. It can begin as the quiet recognition that our will has limits. The

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“We think that the point is to pass the test or to overcome the problem, but the truth is that things don’t really get solved. They come together and they fall apart.” — Pema Chödrön, When Things Fall Apart Step Two may be where

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“The quieter you become, the more you can hear.” — Ram Dass Step One isn’t about humiliation. It’s about honesty. It’s the moment you begin to notice how noisy the ego is — how busy it is trying to arrange the universe so you can fe

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