The Presence Projects presents episode 83 of the "Are You Being Present?" podcast series. Join Paul for a podcast that addresses a word, tool, expression and feeling that has been used pervasively throughout society as a negative motivator and control mechanism severely impacting an individual’s ability to be Present.
The title and topic of this episode is “Disappointment Is a Tool of the Ego That Prevents Presence". In this podcast Paul focuses on how the ego, your ego and other people's egos, use disappointment as a negative motivator that manipulates and elicits a reaction from a negative state of being.
Many children are parented to not want to disappoint, or become disappointments, to their authority figures. This type of control mechanism leaves a very negative imprint allowing for an ego to be developed that uses disappointment as a tool creating an internal state of fear, guilt and shame.
Disappointment has been used in many different forms to coerce, control and conform. This ego tool has a detrimental effect on the Present moment as disappointment is either about an event in the past or a possibility in the future. If we are Present, have clarity, and set aside the lens of the ego we can see that there is no reason to be disappointed or allow others to make us feel like we are a disappointment.
As always, it is advisable to listen to earlier podcasts that discuss other Presence topics and Presence Tools that can be implemented to help shift into the Present Moment.
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Remember you have a choice. Choose to be present!