Ego Decoded

How to See the Invisible Strings Controlling You — and Cut Them

Table of Contents

Part I – Seeing the Puppet Master

  1. The Ego Is Not You
  2. The Ego’s Prime Directive
  3. Ego’s Favorite Disguise: You

Part II – The Invisible Strings (Ego’s Tactics)

  1. The Approval Addiction
  2. The Specialness Fix
  3. The Identity Trap
  4. The Comparison Drug
  5. The Scarcity Illusion
  6. The Story Addiction
  7. The Pain Identity
  8. The Future Carrot, Past Anchor
  9. The Control Illusion
  10. The Enemy Factory
  11. The Higher/Lower Game

Part III – Cutting the Strings

  1. The Moment You Catch the Trick, It’s Over
  2. The Egoless Trap
  3. Play the Game, But Don’t Forget It’s a Game
  4. Detachment Is Not Indifference
  5. When You Forget It’s a Game
  6. Freedom as the Default State