Re: Racism and Ego

I definitely get wrapped up my emotions because I think, incorrectly, that my feelings are who I am. They aren't me. They are just feelings. Also, when I am in the moment of whatever feeling is present, I incorrectly believe that feeling will last forever if I don't 'deal' with it. Sometimes paying attention to an emotion prolongs its existence. I have to remind myself that 'this too shall pass' and just let it go. Emotion is a hook for the sustenance of the ego or our view that we are separate from all other living things.

I agree with you about the antidotes too! For me, mindfulness and compassion are ways to get beyond society's classifications and delineations of people.