Comments on: The Inner Monkey – And Ego Death http://www.reenagagneja.com/monkey Raise Your Consciousness, soul plan, spiritual awakening Sat, 04 Feb 2012 12:07:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: kevo795 http://www.reenagagneja.com/monkey#comment-739 kevo795 Fri, 24 Dec 2010 11:50:02 +0000 http://www.reenagagneja.com/?p=1694#comment-739 [..YouTube..] @Rkooner same thing happened to me...It was Frightening and i felt like i was in a nightmare..Scariest thing i have EVER experianced..I didnt talk to anyone for awhile after that shit..I still read spiritual books and do my best but im scared to have another horrible experiance..I personally didnt think i was experiancing ego death ...our minds are powerful and stranger things have happened...I also had a similiar experiance using drugs to fast foward ego death...not a good idea [..YouTube..] @Rkooner same thing happened to me…It was Frightening and i felt like i was in a nightmare..Scariest thing i have EVER experianced..I didnt talk to anyone for awhile after that shit..I still read spiritual books and do my best but im scared to have another horrible experiance..I personally didnt think i was experiancing ego death …our minds are powerful and stranger things have happened…I also had a similiar experiance using drugs to fast foward ego death…not a good idea

]]> By: Reena http://www.reenagagneja.com/monkey#comment-653 Reena Tue, 07 Dec 2010 08:26:14 +0000 http://www.reenagagneja.com/?p=1694#comment-653 Hi Ginger, I do not have a book - as yet. One in the offing, but not sure how long it will be, hopefully not too long, it will be about spiritual awakening in respect of 2012, once completed you will find it on this blog. I have done a few videos, one or two are on this blog down the right hand side. Interviews are on <a href="http://www.reenagagneja.com/about/radio-interviews" rel="nofollow">this page</a>. Thanks for your interest! Hi Ginger, I do not have a book – as yet. One in the offing, but not sure how long it will be, hopefully not too long, it will be about spiritual awakening in respect of 2012, once completed you will find it on this blog. I have done a few videos, one or two are on this blog down the right hand side. Interviews are on this page. Thanks for your interest!

]]> By: Ginger http://www.reenagagneja.com/monkey#comment-651 Ginger Tue, 07 Dec 2010 04:37:41 +0000 http://www.reenagagneja.com/?p=1694#comment-651 Thanks for the video and message. I would like to share it with others. Do you have a book or any other videos out? Thanks Thanks for the video and message. I would like to share it with others. Do you have a book or any other videos out? Thanks

]]> By: Reena http://www.reenagagneja.com/monkey#comment-529 Reena Sat, 23 Oct 2010 11:09:20 +0000 http://www.reenagagneja.com/?p=1694#comment-529 Dear Simone, That's a very good question, and one that each of us has to face when we are starting to let go of the ego. No such question, no freedom from ego! Your turmoil is also an inevitable part of the journey. No such turmoil initially, no freedom from ego! So it sounds to me you are well on track! I would say that yes of course we don't actually want the ego to go completely, since it is needed to function in this life. We are talking about ego death in terms of our attachment / blindness to it, not complete annihilation of it. The trick is to find that naturally felt distance between ego and who we are in essence (which is not ego). From an early age, this distance becomes hidden and the ego mask we wear becomes (in our mind) who we are, as we forget our greatness. So we enter into the process of seeing the distance. Then once seen, ego is no more of an issue, it is under our control, rather than the reverse. You may ask: Ok, but how do I do this? And there is no miracle method or practice that will guarantee the desired result. You rather do this just the way you are, and go one step further by realizing that you are not your turmoil, you are not your confusion. These are the cunning little activities of the the ego again. It loves to keep us in some emotional muddle or other! Because if in truth we are essentially whole, complete, love and light, then all that is not these, just needs to be observed and released, that's all. In observing, pain disappears eventually and the ego illusion reveals itself. So just accept the confusion and turmoil, say thanks to them for teaching you and then just get on with your day - this is what your ego does not want you to do! I hope this helps? Warm wishes, Reena Dear Simone,

That’s a very good question, and one that each of us has to face when we are starting to let go of the ego. No such question, no freedom from ego! Your turmoil is also an inevitable part of the journey. No such turmoil initially, no freedom from ego! So it sounds to me you are well on track!

I would say that yes of course we don’t actually want the ego to go completely, since it is needed to function in this life. We are talking about ego death in terms of our attachment / blindness to it, not complete annihilation of it. The trick is to find that naturally felt distance between ego and who we are in essence (which is not ego). From an early age, this distance becomes hidden and the ego mask we wear becomes (in our mind) who we are, as we forget our greatness.

So we enter into the process of seeing the distance. Then once seen, ego is no more of an issue, it is under our control, rather than the reverse.

You may ask: Ok, but how do I do this? And there is no miracle method or practice that will guarantee the desired result. You rather do this just the way you are, and go one step further by realizing that you are not your turmoil, you are not your confusion. These are the cunning little activities of the the ego again. It loves to keep us in some emotional muddle or other!

Because if in truth we are essentially whole, complete, love and light, then all that is not these, just needs to be observed and released, that’s all. In observing, pain disappears eventually and the ego illusion reveals itself. So just accept the confusion and turmoil, say thanks to them for teaching you and then just get on with your day – this is what your ego does not want you to do!

I hope this helps?

Warm wishes,
Reena

]]> By: simone http://www.reenagagneja.com/monkey#comment-527 simone Sat, 23 Oct 2010 10:11:01 +0000 http://www.reenagagneja.com/?p=1694#comment-527 Hi Reena, I'm confused..What you say makes perfect sense, but I have been told that I must release my monkey into the forest and not be tempted to follow it. If this is my ego surely I cannot live without it? At this point I'm in turmoil and would appreciate any help/advice you could give me. Hi Reena,

I’m confused..What you say makes perfect sense, but I have been told that I must release my monkey into the forest and not be tempted to follow it. If this is my ego surely I cannot live without it? At this point I’m in turmoil and would appreciate any help/advice you could give me.

]]> By: Reena http://www.reenagagneja.com/monkey#comment-479 Reena Sat, 09 Oct 2010 18:21:27 +0000 http://www.reenagagneja.com/?p=1694#comment-479 Hi Bill, thanks for your interesting comment. Certainly the ego seems to be extremely ingrained inside the psyche, much like the primitive part of the brain you mention. Amusement is good, we do take things far too seriously sometimes :) Have a great weekend. Reena Hi Bill, thanks for your interesting comment. Certainly the ego seems to be extremely ingrained inside the psyche, much like the primitive part of the brain you mention. Amusement is good, we do take things far too seriously sometimes :) Have a great weekend. Reena

]]> By: Bill http://www.reenagagneja.com/monkey#comment-478 Bill Sat, 09 Oct 2010 14:56:29 +0000 http://www.reenagagneja.com/?p=1694#comment-478 Much of your writing is a little too mystical for my personal taste, but this blog was rather good. I'm glad I read it through twice because the first time I missed out on some of what you wrote. The first ever reference to the monkey inside that I read was actually in a scifi novel. It concerned an astronaut who was having difficulty in a weightless environment. A fellow astronaut said that the difficulty was caused by a primitive part of the brain, left over from when we evolved from monkeys, and it was still scared of falling out of a tree. That made quite an impression on me. It was probably because it put into words something that I already half knew by intuition, but could never quite explain before. Your explanation adds to that knowledge, but I find myself agreeing and disagreeing in about equal measures with the negative points, and mainly agreeing with the positive points. I am not sure of the correct word to use here, but amusement will do for now I find that playing with, and challenging my "monkey" does provide a good source of amusement. Much of your writing is a little too mystical for my personal taste, but this blog was rather good.
I’m glad I read it through twice because the first time I missed out on some of what you wrote.
The first ever reference to the monkey inside that I read was actually in a scifi novel. It concerned an astronaut who was having difficulty in a weightless environment. A fellow astronaut said that the difficulty was caused by a primitive part of the brain, left over from when we evolved from monkeys, and it was still scared of falling out of a tree. That made quite an impression on me. It was probably because it put into words something that I already half knew by intuition, but could never quite explain before.
Your explanation adds to that knowledge, but I find myself agreeing and disagreeing in about equal measures with the negative points, and mainly agreeing with the positive points.
I am not sure of the correct word to use here, but amusement will do for now I find that playing with, and challenging my “monkey” does provide a good source of amusement.

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