Defending Against the Superego

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"One of the first orders of business on our inner journey, then, is learning to defend against the superego. This is essentially a matter of feeling the suffering inflicted upon ourselves through judgment and criticism, as well as recognizing that this approach to ourselves is completely counter-productive. We need to see that the means here -- criticizing and judging ourselves -- determine the end: a perpetuation of the inner sense of deficiency."
-pg. 38, The Spiritual Dimension of the Enneagram, by Sandra Maitri