Your ego is a wonderful servant, horrible master. It is totally a function of your mind. What’t the problem? Just this: the ego is designed, with good reason, to perceive separation between you and the rest of your world. Since we need to have healthy boundaries to function in the world productively, the ego serves a brilliant and powerful mission. Its advantages are many. You’re over there, and I’m over here. Your ego keeps that clear. You are on your path, I am on m

Are you imprisoned, by your emotions and beliefs, and you don’t even know it? And, what does envy have to do with you being imprisoned and not even knowing it? In the Matrix trilogy, the movies beg the questions,“Are you enslaved without knowing it?” “What is reality, anyway?” among many other questions. There’s even a website devoted to questions about the movies, which notes, “…the creators of The Matrix have revealed little about what the movies ‘mean'; if there's a pur

First I believe it is most helpful to name it. Megalomania: noun; (1) obsession with the exercise of power, especially in the domination of others; (2) delusion about one's own power or importance (typically as a symptom of manic or paranoid disorder). Second, I believe it is crucial to be willing to ask for help. Third, I believe in making timely, proper use of good, qualified, therapeutic help. Some say, “Treatments for megalomania depend upon the underlying condition causi