What is ego death? The 4 untold truths

What is ego death and why does every spiritual teacher emphasize it as the path to liberation? In this video, I explain what the ego and the death of it is through the context of psychedelic research and Buddhism’s teachings on enlightenment and awakening.Then I share 4 truths about it, including debunking the “death” myth and offer a better alternative to ego death for those who are new to this concept.
Book mentioned
The Trauma of Everyday life, Mark Epstein: bit.ly/3XCpK7P
All illustrations by me.
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T I M E S T A M P S
00:00 Intro
00:59 Part I: The ego/ ego death and why its so sought after
05:20 Part II: truths 1 & 2 - unpleasant and the “death” myth
09:00 Part II: truths 3 & 4 - not for everyone and moral superiority
12:36 A better alternative to killing your ego
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S T A Y C O N N E C T E D
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I N Q U I R I E S
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M U S I C
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A B O U T
I’m Matt, a former fashion influencer, now sharing all things mindfulness to help you live a happier and more peaceful life. Follow along :)

[@mindfulnesswithmatt]

Did anyone spot my TH-camr apology? 👀

[@blisstogo]

😂

[@scottkinney7021]

Will you share links to what you are apologizing for?

[@nataliiinn]

😂😂

[@blisstogo]

Very succinct and easy explanation of an abstract concept thank you. Especially agree with truth #2 that the ego is something we cannot dissolve

[@mindfulnesswithmatt]

thank you for watching and glad you found it helpful. point 2 is definitely a big myth that's common out there

[@mindfulnessstrategiccalm3471]

Excellent. I loved it

[@mindfulnesswithmatt]

thank you for watching!

[@isaidnonoN0]

Thank you for the lovely and inspiring video and sharing some of your own experiences!

[@mindfulnesswithmatt]

Thank you for watching! Always happy to share my experience to help any way :)

[@nataliiinn]

This was a great and informative video! Loving the new information I'm learning from this channel.

[@mindfulnesswithmatt]

thank you for watching!

[@lemongrassbb6483]

This was actually very helpful, especially the last part 😮❤

[@mindfulnesswithmatt]

yes the most practical part !

[@maicolx7776]

U r confuced. Look up Nonduality/Advaita Vedanta.

[@mindfulnesswithmatt]

Thank you for the pointer. The purpose of the video was more to talk about ego death in the popular context and to debunk it, so a very surface level intro for those who are newer to spirituality. The non-self, non-dual are topics I'll cover down the line :)