E10. Ego & Control in Creative Process with Amit Pagedar

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In this episode, Amit and Chetna talk about:

Putting ourselves in roles or boxes with the labels and identifiers we use to introduce ourselves
How the ego relates to over-identification and control
Defending our ideas and needing to protect them as a cause of suffering
The ego’s need for security and its nature of insecurity
Compassion for the ego and how it tries to help us be secure
Finding security and connection beyond the ego by discovering what wants to come through us in this life
Amit’s concept of “drift” as our inclinations/instincts and to practice it with devotion
Self-forgetfulness and transcending ego
The practice of collaborating with (rather than controlling) flow as a way of decolonizing creativity
Listening as an essential part of creative process, and honing our sensitivity to get to the subtlety of experience
Perfectionism versus self-defined excellence
The art of the subconscious as intuition and intuition in the body
Ego’s tendency to what to “know” and “understand” as a way of control
Creativity even as an expression of play without knowing or understanding, without trying to control it
The balance of trying less versus forcing, and the yin/yang of showing up to try less

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