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“The spiritual life, the spiritual work is fundamentally about, for us normal human beings, overcoming the many facets of our own egoism, the tyranny of the false self,” says Kabir Helminski, co-founder and co-director of The Threshold Society. The challenge is that the ego is frequently more powerful than our will, often outsmarting our clever thinking with its subversive and devious nature. But there is something that the ego will give into, and that is sacred love.

When you can align your ego with what you find sacred in your heart, you can reach a calmer, humbler state of mind, concerned less about the gluttony of pride. Instead, it can free your mind to be giving and worryless about your image.

In the brief video below, Helminski shares both practical and humorous advice from his teachers on taming our egos. Give it a watch!

This month, let’s take these teachings for a spin. Let us know in the comments below how this practice of bonding closer with the sacred plays out for you (and your ego).