Introduction
One way to face the ego is to do something that is the
opposite of it. Put your mind on something and then be very vigilant to the ego
and egos that will put their thoughts into our mind.
In the Instant
In that very instant that we see the thoughts and feel the
impulse of the ego we are facing it, we are able to see what it wants and how
is wants to go about it.
The Key
But the key is to actually do something that has nothing to
do with that ego. An example is to go and walk up and down a large room and set
your yourself the goal to walk up and down the length of that room 10 times
without stopping and without getting identified with any the ego.
Result
With such an intention and alert focus the ego will pop up
trying to distract us and get us to identify with it. Any exercise that has the
same principles will allow us to face the ego. The best is mediation, hold the
position of meditation and wait for that ego to appear and be alert and clear
to see it when it arises.
Then delve into it perceive what it wants, what it thinks,
what it feels, do this with concentration and then capture it and analyse it,
finding any truth in it what it thinks and feels. The ego is dissolved
basically when we see its logic (thoughts and feelings) as false or incorrect
and not of value to us.
Conclusion
Just as the image in this post suggests the ego is that
beguiling voice in our head, using very enticingly powerful arguments for us to
think its thoughts and then identify with it. In other words become it. If we
stay in the realm of the heart we are separate from the realm of the mind and
therefore separate from the ego.
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