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The ego relies on the familiar. It is reluctant to experience the unknown, which is the very essence of life.

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Deepak Chopra, MD, is a prolific Indian American author, speaker, and alternative medicine advocate. His work focuses on integrative medicine and personal transformation at the intersection of science and spirituality.

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How to Dissolve Your Ego—and Why You Should

Ever want to move forward but find you’re in your own way?

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Why Your Self-Image Might Be Wrong: Ego, Buddhism, and Freud | Mark Epstein | Big Think

You first develop your ego when you are two or three years old. It creeps into existence the moment you realize that you are not empty—you are a self, and everyone else has a self in them. As you grow up, it latches onto positive and negative feedback and uses them to build the story of who you are.

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