There is no problem in your life that isn't caused by the ego, financially, personally, physically, or when dealing with relationships. If you want to develop your character, your fortitude and friendships, you have to deal with the ego first and foremost. As long as you allow the ego to have its way, you will continually be plagued by unwanted problems.
The ego has an obsessive,compulsive emotional drive system while you, the conscious self, have will power. This is a huge difference in power, that you can neutralize by developing the behavioral tools of control, given to you in this book! Because of the ego s power and control, there isn't one unwanted problem you have, that the ego doesn t create.
Whenever you experience anxiety, fear, anger, hate, guilt or bipolar problems, they are all created by the ego. The behavioral tools of control can calm the ego down and soothe its feelings of insecurity and vulnerability to eventually eliminate these problems permanently.
This is a practical hands on type book with 15 behavioral tools you can use to control the ego. When you can handle several of the tools simultaneously, there is no situation you can't handle. It doesn't matter if you have a phobia, like a fear of flying, you ll be able to remain calm in any situation.
Most people are not aware of this internal battle for their consciousness. When you're in control, you'll be in the present with awareness of what's going on. When the ego is in control, you lose this awareness and become unconscious, as it takes command of the mind with worries and concerns about the future, or upset with the problems, regrets and snubs that happened today, yesterday or sometime in the past.
If you meditate and keep the mind blank, and then listen watchfully, the ideas that come into the mind will be coming from the ego. That's when you learn a lot about it. With a stop watch, time yourself to see how long you can keep the mind blank without the it's intrusion. Ten seconds is the usual amount of time for most people, when not using any tools to control the ego.
To take command of the self you need to develop the tools that can keep you in the present, not for ten seconds, but for most of the time. When not in the present you will be ruled by the ego's ire about the past, and/or worried about the future. Because of an inability to stay in the present, the ego controls by default, and be successful at manipulating and controlling the mind to satisfy its desires.
If left on your own, the ability to stay in the present can be very difficult to do. But with the behavioral tools of control, staying in the present becomes an easy activity to accomplish.
So the ego has its bag of tricks, like worries, fears, desires, regrets, guilt, and pride to maneuver its way into the mind and you have your bag of behavioral tools that will allow you to subdue the ego, so you're in control and are able to reclaim your position as master of the self.
