Do I have an ego?
..spouts out tea through nose with laughter!!
Our I is our ego; our pet.
Our pet doesn’t get to have pets,
although it imagines it does.
..spouts out tea through nose with laughter!!
The I is our creation, our pet idea.
However, the word ‘our’ is also a creation:
possession requires a duality.
Essence has nothing: it just is.
See how complex we quickly become?
..spouts out tea through nose with laughter!!
BUDDHA IN THE MUD is a blog - a living book based on the Dzogchen teachings. Our teacher is life, and life is karma. We are all Buddhas in the mud of concepts. 
Hello Tony. By saying that our ego imagines it has pets, are you referring to the self that we create – the ‘pets’ being our concepts and ideas about ourself?
Daisy
PS Love this humour!
Precisely…!