Guided Meditation for transcendence, love and connection | The Ego (Love & Connection Part 5/10)

A guided meditation to let go of the ego, without fighting it. Part 5 of a 10-part series on love, connection and transcendence, inspired by Alan Watts, Marcus Aurelius and Barbara Fredrickson's Love 2.0. A grounded, secular meditation to loosen the grip of the self, see your worries in proportion and feel part of something bigger.

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In this meditation:

Alan Watts called it the "skin-encapsulated ego": the feeling of being a little self inside a bag of skin, looking out at a world that's separate from us. The ego is useful, like a name tag. The problem is forgetting it's a tool and mistaking it for the whole story. Marcus Aurelius practised the "view from above", picturing the whole city, the crowds, the weddings and the markets, until his own worries looked smaller. And Fredrickson shows that threat makes us self-centred, while connection lets us see beyond the cocoon of our own interests. In this session, we practise holding the ego lightly and relaxing into the bigger picture.

This meditation is for you if you want to:
• Let go of ego and overthinking
• Stop taking everything so personally
• See your worries in proportion
• Feel part of something bigger
• Practice a secular, non-religious transcendence meditation

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⏱ Chapters:
00:00 Announcements: WeHum app & 2027 Cohort
01:21 The ego, held lightly: the skin-encapsulated ego
03:31 Guided meditation
22:22 Closing reflection

📺 Love, Connection & Transcendence series (10 parts):

Playlist:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQpkz77jlFDE

Part 1: https://youtu.be/BTG9HTskNGs

Part 2: https://youtu.be/2OkW9wfey3I

Part 3: https://youtu.be/v9-Xw87MkKI

Part 4: https://youtu.be/yX61ztLU_n0

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