Pride & The Ego - Our greatest personal enemy? by Loona

> **Pride & The Ego - Our greatest personal enemy?**
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> It seems to me that very few people in this world harm others for the fun of it. The people we meet through our daily lives really just want to live and let live. If this is the case, then it can be said that-- for the most part, those people around us aren't really out to harm us, and don't actually care about us positively or negatively either way.
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> We all understand the power of reciprocal thinking. If someone thinks you consider them smart, attractive, funny, and friendly, they will like you far more than if they think you consider them dumb, ugly, or anything negative.
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> Knowing this, making relationships is more about taking the effort in showing interest toward that individual and acting in such a way as to build the relationship. I imagine getting someone to dislike us is exactly the opposite.
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> So what is it that makes us like or dislike someone? Perhaps they are inconsiderate, selfish, or feel entitled, but even if this is the case, it implies they were raised in an environment which gives them these feelings, and though they might not be best for society, making them dislike you helps no better.
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> So why is it that our pride and ego manipulate our mind into acting in such a way as to make these sort of individuals dislike us? After all, it isn't hatred that is propagating this, but a lack of understanding. I think this is another demonstration of how evolution has not completely prepared us for the meta society current exists in as a result of the significant lifestyle and social changes our species have been going through over the last milenia.
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> Could anyone perhaps recommend some effective ways to train ourselves in the habit of ignoring pride, the ego, and all the negative, irrational feelings that come associated?
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> Luna 2014
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