1210: The Ego is a Clever Monkey

The best thing you ever created — you probably didn't create it. Bob Dylan said he could never write a song like Blowin' in the Wind again. Marvin Gaye told Smokey Robinson that What's Going On wasn't his — it came through him. Every great artist eventually arrives at the same hu ...  Show more

You can pack your bags, book the flight, and still bring every anxious thought with you. Emperor Marcus Aurelius writes in his Meditations that escaping to the country, the beach, or the mountains is idiotic. The peace you're looking for is already available, anytime, by going wi ...  Show more

In this week’s episode, Gareth and Kim dive into a transformative discussion designed to reshape listeners' understanding of the often misunderstood 'ego'. Prepare to journey into the depths of self-identity and unravel the intricate ties between spirituality and individuality.Do ...  Show more

Send us Fan MailAs we established in the last episode explaining the spiritual ego, having a spiritual ego is...normal. It’s the ego mind’s survival mechanism of morphing and upgrading. But it might not have been what you had in mind when you set out on your transformational jour ...  Show more

When it comes to Spiritual Practices, Ram Dass poses the question, “why do we practice?” Raghu reads a passage from The Wisdom Teachings and Good Wishes of the Adi-Buddha Samanta-Bhadra which poses that the reality which is “the foundation of all is uncreated, uncompounded, indep ...  Show more

Benny R. Ferguson Jr. is an intuitive, channel, author, and coach (Facilitator of Higher Human Potentials). He is the founder of Consciousness Ascending, which supports Conscious Creators in Uncovering The Nature of the Source Within and Accelerating The Experience of Their Desir ...  Show more