To become more tolerant and less controlled by your false self, start practising being satisfied with what is. Your ego is never quite content. If you choose one thing, your ego will persuade you to consider something else. If someone you love acts meekly toward you, your ego wants that person to be more assertive; if that person is assertive, your ego decides to dislike assertiveness. You eat too much, you start thinking about how nice it would be to be thinner; go on a diet, and all of your thoughts will be about food. If you stay at home for a long period, your ego start telling you how nice it is to travel; go on the road, and you start thinking about how nice it would be to stay home. You're in a relationship and begin to imagine it would be nicer to be uninvolved; you're not in a relationship, and you start wanting to be in one. Your children are running around the house and you start thinking about escaping; you aren't at home and think of nothing but your children.
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