Death to Ego

 The band Suicidal Tendencies have this song, with a catchy hook lyric
"Got to kill Captain Stupid", and another lyric that resonates:
"If Your Life Sucks, you suck"

So this post is about the Ego, and I'm reading Ryan Holiday's "Ego is the Enemy",
and correlated these two things, the song and the Ego.

At first I thought Cap'n Stupid was drugs, or being 'stupid' on substances,
likely because I was

Now I can relate it more to my ego's need to smother and control, everything.

What comes of that?

Resentment of others towards you,
more Ego inflation,
blather,
droning on<

pointlessness.

Then  you feel bad, about yourself - for trying.  Damn, ego, you're good.
You can offput everyone, and externalize anything.

Gotta kill Cap'n Stupid.

Why Ego Death is Therapeutic

Healing

The path to wellness
is riddled with potholes

just when you think
you're free
from the troubles
life dealt to trigger you

you're triggered again

Like a healing tripwire

Your body knows.

But what part?

The nervous system,
the microbiome
recesses of your cranium?

Or did you stub your big toe?

No matter,
it will heal, long before you.

Endless quest,
for the holy grail of being whole, again.

Like you were
as a kid.