{"id":271498,"date":"2010-02-03T08:31:08","date_gmt":"2010-02-03T13:31:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/notsalmon.com\/?p=228"},"modified":"2010-02-03T08:31:08","modified_gmt":"2010-02-03T13:31:08","slug":"happiness-tip-be-aware-that-the-ego-can-be-an-estop-stopping-you-from-paying-attention-to-what-brings-the-truest-happiness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/271498","title":{"rendered":"HAPPINESS TIP: Be aware that the EGO can be an ESTOP &#8211; stopping you from paying attention to what brings the truest happiness!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/taskboy.com\/blog\/img\/ego.gif\" alt=\"ego\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Lately I&#8217;ve been waking up listening to Wayne Dyer &#8211; and today he said something I really found interesting. He talked about how dangerous the ego is in our lives &#8211; and if only we could give ourselves an &#8220;egoectomy.&#8221;\u00a0 Then Wayne Dyer listed the following as the six components of the ego:<\/p>\n<p><em>1. I am what I have. My possessions define me.<br \/>\n2. I am what I do. My achievements define me.<br \/>\n3. I am what others think of me. My reputation defines me.<br \/>\n4. I am separate from everyone. My body defines me alone.<br \/>\n5. I am separate from all that is missing in my life. My life space is disconnected from my desires.<br \/>\n6. I am separate from God. My life depends on God\u2019s assessment of my worthiness.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>MY ASSIGNMENT TO YOU:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Today as you go about your day, become aware of how much your ego is chattering at you &#8211; distracting you from what really brings the truest happiness in life!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1587611198\/ref=s9_simi_gw_p14_t2?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&amp;pf_rd_s=center-2&amp;pf_rd_r=1WSP8CNHZF7YFFRC7S2P&amp;pf_rd_t=101&amp;pf_rd_p=470938631&amp;pf_rd_i=507846\">For more happiness tips, check out my big best seller, HOW TO BE HAPPY DAMMIT, by clicking this line you&#8217;re reading right here, right NOW!<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b><\/b><span><a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/post?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnotsalmon.com%2F2010%2F02%2F03%2Fhappiness-tip-be-aware-that-the-ego-can-be-an-estop-stopping-you-from-paying-attention-to-what-brings-the-truest-happiness%2F&amp;title=HAPPINESS+TIP%3A+Be+aware+that+the+EGO+can+be+an+ESTOP+-+stopping+you+from+paying+attention+to+what+brings+the+truest+happiness%21\"  title=\"Save to del.icio.us\"> <span class=\"bloglink\">del.icio.us<\/span><\/a> &middot; <a href=\"http:\/\/slashdot.org\/bookmark.pl?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnotsalmon.com%2F2010%2F02%2F03%2Fhappiness-tip-be-aware-that-the-ego-can-be-an-estop-stopping-you-from-paying-attention-to-what-brings-the-truest-happiness%2F&amp;title=HAPPINESS+TIP%3A+Be+aware+that+the+EGO+can+be+an+ESTOP+-+stopping+you+from+paying+attention+to+what+brings+the+truest+happiness%21\"  title=\"Slashdot It!\"> <span class=\"bloglink\">Slashdot<\/span><\/a> &middot; <a href=\"http:\/\/digg.com\/submit?phase=2&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fnotsalmon.com%2F2010%2F02%2F03%2Fhappiness-tip-be-aware-that-the-ego-can-be-an-estop-stopping-you-from-paying-attention-to-what-brings-the-truest-happiness%2F&amp;title=HAPPINESS+TIP%3A+Be+aware+that+the+EGO+can+be+an+ESTOP+-+stopping+you+from+paying+attention+to+what+brings+the+truest+happiness%21\"  title=\"Digg This Post!\"> <span class=\"bloglink\">Digg<\/span><\/a> &middot; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/share.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fnotsalmon.com%2F2010%2F02%2F03%2Fhappiness-tip-be-aware-that-the-ego-can-be-an-estop-stopping-you-from-paying-attention-to-what-brings-the-truest-happiness%2F\"\"  title=\"Share on Facebook!\"> <span class=\"bloglink\">Facebook<\/span><\/a> &middot; <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/faves?add=http%3A%2F%2Fnotsalmon.com%2F2010%2F02%2F03%2Fhappiness-tip-be-aware-that-the-ego-can-be-an-estop-stopping-you-from-paying-attention-to-what-brings-the-truest-happiness%2F\"  title=\"Add to my Technorati Favorites!\"> <span class=\"bloglink\">Technorati<\/span><\/a> &middot; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/bookmarks\/mark?op=edit&amp;output=popup&amp;bkmk=http%3A%2F%2Fnotsalmon.com%2F2010%2F02%2F03%2Fhappiness-tip-be-aware-that-the-ego-can-be-an-estop-stopping-you-from-paying-attention-to-what-brings-the-truest-happiness%2F&amp;title=HAPPINESS+TIP%3A+Be+aware+that+the+EGO+can+be+an+ESTOP+-+stopping+you+from+paying+attention+to+what+brings+the+truest+happiness%21\"  title=\"Add to my Google Bookmarks!\"> <span class=\"bloglink\">Google<\/span><\/a> &middot; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stumbleupon.com\/submit?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnotsalmon.com%2F2010%2F02%2F03%2Fhappiness-tip-be-aware-that-the-ego-can-be-an-estop-stopping-you-from-paying-attention-to-what-brings-the-truest-happiness%2F&amp;title=HAPPINESS+TIP%3A+Be+aware+that+the+EGO+can+be+an+ESTOP+-+stopping+you+from+paying+attention+to+what+brings+the+truest+happiness%21\"  title=\"Stumble it!\"> <span class=\"bloglink\">StumbleUpon<\/span><\/a> &middot; <a href=\"http:\/\/myweb2.search.yahoo.com\/myresults\/bookmarklet?u=http%3A%2F%2Fnotsalmon.com%2F2010%2F02%2F03%2Fhappiness-tip-be-aware-that-the-ego-can-be-an-estop-stopping-you-from-paying-attention-to-what-brings-the-truest-happiness%2F&#038;t=HAPPINESS+TIP%3A+Be+aware+that+the+EGO+can+be+an+ESTOP+-+stopping+you+from+paying+attention+to+what+brings+the+truest+happiness%21\"  title=\"Add to Yahoo!\"> <span class=\"bloglink\">Yahoo<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lately I&#8217;ve been waking up listening to Wayne Dyer &#8211; and today he said something I really found interesting. He talked about how dangerous the ego is in our lives &#8211; and if only we could give ourselves an &#8220;egoectomy.&#8221;\u00a0 Then Wayne Dyer listed the following as the six components of the ego: 1. I [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-271498","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271498","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=271498"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271498\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=271498"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=271498"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=271498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}