How to Manage the Ego

Over the next week or so I'm going to do a few posts on the Ego and left brain versus right brain dominance. Since I took up writing songs as a hobby I've really become aware of the difference.

In the video below Deepak Chopra talks about the ego and how we only need to acknowledge it as opposed to trying to remove it - you can't remove it in fact, and if you think you can it's the ego telling you that.

Generally the ego gets a bad press but it's actually our defence mechanism against having anyone simply force their belief systems into our unconscious - although there are ways that the ego can be bypassed. I'd suggest the ego is mainly centred in the left forebrain - the logical mind - because the ego tends to be rigid in nature (it claims to be 'logical' but it's actually just rigid - we call this being 'right'.

Hope you enjoy the vid.

A healthy ego is one that doesn't dominate 'the self'.

Tools of Personal Transformation: The Role of the Ego

November 20, 2008 Deepak Chopra talks about the role of the ego and offers tools on how to transform its influence on our lives.

Do you have any theories on the ego? Please leave a comment.

Regards - Carl