What Really Matters: Everyday Spirituality

Ep. 164 The Ego and It's Immortality Projects


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In this episode I discuss "immortality projects" - a term coined by Ernest Becker to describe the ego's efforts to escape the fear of death. This episode includes:

  • What type of "projects" the ego creates to hide from death
  • The cost of denying death
  • Why denying death makes us vulnerable to cults, conspiracy theories, and manipulation
  • Why we need to awaken to our Higher Selves, our witnessing and observing selves, and help the ego surrender to our own higher wisdom
  • Why even "death work" can be an immortality project for the ego

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