Ego the Parrot
What if a parrot lived on your shoulder and parroted everything that you say or think, it would get pretty annoying. What if the tables were turned and you parroted everything a parrot says, would you notice? Surely you would, if it was external of you, but what if it was hidden inside you and seen as normal?
This figurative internal-parrot is your ego/self and it’s bird song (default mode network) of inner-commentary has quite a lot of power over you. Instead of having a “bird” play you like a fiddle, would you like to change the balance of the relationship and see beyond the self?
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Chapter 1
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I'm being puppeteered by a parrot?
Not only is there a parrot inside you, there are two parrots. Let dissect your brain a little bit in order to explain.
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Evidence of Parrots
Maybe you are not convinced. Often people miss its existence because we have been so habituated and normalized. We have merged with our “inner-parrots” so much so that it is quite hard to see beyond.
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Chapter 2
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Chapter 3