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i really got conceptual traction on this from a blog post that basically identified “ego” in the western-buddhist sense with IFS parts, especially protectors hence “losing ego” becomes about helping these parts relax, rather than fighting a part of yourself that is bad
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Almost half of all people have a vicious inner critic, an internal monologue that ruthlessly judges and shames them, everyday. These ppl should disregard any spiritual advice about losing their ego. They need to be BUILDING ego, strengthening it, so it can stand up for itself.
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helped me relax a lot about “ego” language in western spiritual writing, now i just translate it into parts language and it’s fine. ou don’t have to do any kind of making the “ego” bad or wrong. defense mechanisms are there because something is worth defending
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not the source i had in mind but i’ve heard good things about loch kelly
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Replying to @QiaochuYuan and @evelynharlow_
Loch Kelly has a whole thing on conceiving of the ego (/sense of self we commonly experience / identify with in our heads) as an IFS part in The Way of Effortless Midnfulness lochkelly.org/way-of-effortl. I believe it's a chapter. Kelly & Richard Schwartz have done some collabs too
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i still haven't found the original blog post but i did find a minute-long video from richard schwarz > “the Ego isn’t your enemy - it is a bunch of protective, manager parts that is necessary to try to keep you safe.”
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people think i've done a lot of IFS because of how warmly i talk about it here but actually i've barely done any at all. IFS for me is mostly about having a really respectful conceptual framework that avoids what i see as disrespectful conceptual mistakes in other frameworks
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