Ego Wants To Prove Toxic Beliefs Are True: Understanding Addiction

Look,

The ego is the number one thing that is impeding us and you.

We don't need to make it a villain,

We don't need to make it a bad guy,

But it is the root of all suffering.

Now,

What do you do when you've got this being that lives within you as you and it will never go away fully?

Well,

You've got to become friends with it,

You've got to learn to live with it,

But not identify as it.

The ego is undoubtedly the root of evil,

All evil.

People say money is the root of all evil,

Ego is the root of all evil.

And what you'll find with my work is that I do not beat around the bush,

I go straight to the point.

And essentially there is a being within us that is trying to protect itself and it always is looking for excuses to protect itself and have stability.

And it doesn't care what stability looks like.

If stability looks like taking heroin every day,

The ego will take heroin every day because it's a stable,

Repeatable bad thing to do,

Yes,

But as long as it's consistent,

The ego will do it.

The ego wants to validate that you exist.

This is why it becomes very hard to stop negative behavioral patterns because if you deep down on an egoic level think that you're worthless or you're a bad person,

Which most people do deep down,

Unfortunately,

Then you will be looking for external proof to confirm that.

So it's totally insane,

But I'm sure if this resonates with you,

You'll think of things you've done in your life where if you look back now you think,

I was confirming to myself that I'm worthless,

I was confirming to myself that nobody loves me,

I was confirming to myself that I'm not enough.