{"id":7698,"date":"2026-05-31T12:58:33","date_gmt":"2026-05-31T12:58:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sacred-boxes.com\/?post_type=portfolio_item&#038;p=7698"},"modified":"2026-05-31T13:29:57","modified_gmt":"2026-05-31T13:29:57","slug":"ego-not-bad","status":"publish","type":"portfolio_item","link":"https:\/\/sacred-boxes.com\/en\/project\/ego-not-bad\/","title":{"rendered":"Ego not bad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Documentary film, 26 min, 2015 (co-director and editor)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph translation-block\"><br>\u201cEgo Not Bad\u201d \u2013 these three little words, taken together, don\u2019t sound like anything particularly positive. And yet, it\u2019s all in how they\u2019re put together! These surprising words come from an Indian yoga master, Surender Singh, who is trying to tell us that, contrary to its bad reputation in the world of spirituality, the concept of the ego is not something to be fought against. <br>This short film, based on the final interview with Arnaud Desjardins (filmmaker and spiritual guide), is intended as a brief guide for anyone embarking on an inner journey. What are we seeking on spiritual paths? What pitfalls should we avoid?<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:28px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\"\n    width=\"560\"\n    height=\"315\"\n    src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WivFiGBTR74?autoplay=1&#038;mute=1\"\n    title=\"YouTube video player\"\n    frameborder=\"0\"\n    allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\"\n    referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\"\n    allowfullscreen>\n<\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:28px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph translation-block\">Co-directed with Nathana\u00ebl Coste and Marc de la M\u00e9nardi\u00e8re, this film was made alongside the feature-length documentary <a href=\"https:\/\/enquetedesens-lefilm.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">En Qu\u00eate de Sens<\/a>, the story of two childhood friends who decided to travel around the world to meet philosophers, farmers, scientists and shamans in search of answers to their questions: How did Western civilisation end up in this state, and where should we start to bring about change?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Produced by Kamea Meah Films via a crowdfunding campaign<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Film documentaire, 26 min, 2015 (co-auteur, monteur) \u00ab\u00a0Ego Not Bad\u00a0\u00bb, ces trois petits mots mis ensemble n&rsquo;\u00e9voquent rien de bien heureux. Et pourtant, tout r\u00e9side dans leur juxtaposition ! Ces paroles surprenantes sont celles d&rsquo;un ma\u00eetre yogi indien, Surender Singh, qui cherche \u00e0 nous dire que contrairement \u00e0 sa mauvaise r\u00e9putation dans le monde des [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7708,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"_wpzb_portfolio_video_type":"","_wpzb_portfolio_video_id":0,"_wpzb_portfolio_video_url":"","footnotes":""},"portfolio":[45,8],"class_list":["post-7698","portfolio_item","type-portfolio_item","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","portfolio-doc","portfolio-uncategorized"],"featured_media_urls":{"thumbnail":["https:\/\/sacred-boxes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/surendersingh-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/sacred-boxes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/surendersingh-300x166.jpg",300,166,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/sacred-boxes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/surendersingh-768x424.jpg",768,424,true],"large":["https:\/\/sacred-boxes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/surendersingh.jpg",1000,552,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/sacred-boxes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/surendersingh.jpg",1000,552,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/sacred-boxes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/surendersingh.jpg",1000,552,false],"trp-custom-language-flag":["https:\/\/sacred-boxes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/surendersingh-18x10.jpg",18,10,true],"portfolio_item-thumbnail":["https:\/\/sacred-boxes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/surendersingh-600x400.jpg",600,400,true],"portfolio_item-thumbnail@2x":["https:\/\/sacred-boxes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/surendersingh.jpg",1000,552,false],"portfolio_item-masonry":["https:\/\/sacred-boxes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/surendersingh-600x331.jpg",600,331,true],"portfolio_item-masonry@2x":["https:\/\/sacred-boxes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/surendersingh.jpg",1000,552,false],"portfolio_item-thumbnail_cinema":["https:\/\/sacred-boxes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/surendersingh-800x335.jpg",800,335,true],"portfolio_item-thumbnail_portrait":["https:\/\/sacred-boxes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/surendersingh-600x552.jpg",600,552,true],"portfolio_item-thumbnail_portrait@2x":["https:\/\/sacred-boxes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/surendersingh.jpg",1000,552,false],"portfolio_item-thumbnail_square":["https:\/\/sacred-boxes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/surendersingh-800x552.jpg",800,552,true]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sacred-boxes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio_item\/7698","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sacred-boxes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio_item"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sacred-boxes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/portfolio_item"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sacred-boxes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/sacred-boxes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio_item\/7698\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7712,"href":"https:\/\/sacred-boxes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio_item\/7698\/revisions\/7712"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sacred-boxes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sacred-boxes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7698"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"portfolio","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sacred-boxes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio?post=7698"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}