A time-honored way to overcome our prejudices and tame our ego is to become aware of both our ego traits and our divine qualities, and strive to diminish the former while expanding the latter. Keep a small notebook in your pocket and record the ego qualities that you see yourself manifesting in the course of the day, especially your biases, prejudices, and stereotyping. Review them each evening and express gratitude to God for your growing awareness of these traits that need to be diminished. The practice of regular awareness is like a sacred sun that gradually diminishes our shadows.
Create a ritual of purification and release of your ego traits. For example, at the end of the week you could write down the traits you have observed, put the list in a fireproof bowl, and burn it with a prayer for divine assistance in the coming week.
In the same notebook, also record the divine qualities that you have observed each day. Perhaps you chose to speak the truth, even though it was inconvenient. Express gratitude to the Source for the specific divine qualities flowing through you, and pray for them to grow and flourish in your heart.
Walking This Practice into the World
By becoming aware of your ego traits and divine qualities, you will be able to make choices that enable you to grow spiritually. You will, by grace of Spirit, experience authentic power and joy.
— Jamal Rahman in Finding Peace through Spiritual Practice by Don Mackenzie, Ted Falcon, Jamal Rahman