The creative impulse and the ego. In this podcast, Eckhart answers questions on several topics,

including how to differentiate between a true creative impulse and the ego. Eckhart refers to his

own experience of writing the power of now. While living in England, he says, he felt called to move to

Canada. He says he had to discern if the impulse was coming from a deeper place or just a passing whim.

He also cautions against listening to the mind and its toxic narrative.

After waiting several months, Eckhart realized the feeling was not fleeting, but solid intuition.

He eventually made the move, and his writing began to flow.

Hello, hi.

I'm really glad for being here. Thanks for everything.

Thank you. Thank you.

I've been confusing with identifying creative impulses that comes from the inner being

and differentiating them from ego impulses.

Sometimes I have an impulse to do something,

and I feel a great vibration of peace, love and joy in the background or in the foreground.

And I think, well, this is an impulse that is coming from my inner being.

But this impulse is also accompanied by feelings of great enthusiasm and excitement.

Then I think, well, maybe this great enthusiasm and excitement come from my ego.

Then I get stuck analyzing from where this, from where the such impulse come from, I don't

take any action. So my question is, what is an inner being imposed like?

Right. good question.

If there's a kind of excitement that comes with that,

you feel excited about something,

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