Separation from the Ego III (191)

Introduction

Objective of this post: to give people concrete and solid techniques to separate from the ego.

When we Fail

Where we fail in the work of the ego is in separation. This step out of the five is the most important step that there is. We can work in the other steps but if there is no separation then we will fail.

The Basis or Foundation of Separation

There is a very important crucial truth underlying work on the ego and specifically the separation of the ego from our psyche is that which we fundamentally are. We are awareness or we are consciousness.

The question is to really separate the ego deeply from ourselves we have to know that to have experienced that have to come to the consciousness discovery and acceptance of that. That all that we are is an awareness that is consciousness of itself that recognises itself and is not the body, the mind, a sensation, an emotion, the voice in our head, the impression of the tone of the voice in my head, the personality etc.

Conclusion

When we really know what we are then of course we know then that we are not the ego and then of course we have the reason to separate from it. Because we have the understanding that that psychological entity which is trying to get us to adopt its identity is false and does not have a true identity by itself from its own side. It has according to Buddhism a false identity or a dependent identity that is set up depending on other things, principally thought.

End (191).

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