Egolessness
is not being a vegetable!

All our psychological problems originate in a neurotic mind – an abnormally sensitive, obsessive and anxious mind. It is not sure what is real and what is not real. This mind creates projections to which it refer or relates, and so maintaining an abnormally sensitive, obsessive and anxious mind. This addiction is ego: a world we create.

The problem is that we live in a world full of addictive, neurotic people: checking one’s phone more often than not comes under this heading. Some may seem to have a mild, or even acceptable, neurosis, but still hold onto some obsessive behaviours. Spiritual people are included in this…wink wink!

Addiction: we suffer if the thing to which we are attached is taken away. The human realm is one of desire, excessive activity and frustration. That is our cycle of existence – addiction! It lacks spontaneity (each moment being fresh) and humour (the ability to laugh at ourselves rather than at others).

How do we escape this neurosis? Well, until enlightenment, we will have a certain degree of ego, as we need a little i to function. How do we become egoless? In the moment we recognise our true nature. That’s our true nature recognising itself. Of course, we cannot sustain this without constant practice, and that’s why we are here! We take each moment as it comes, without projections. This will actually increase beneficial intelligence as we’re not constantly referring to our mental imprints, and making an assumption that these are true.

Ego: our sense of self-importance. This ego has no true reality as it is changeable. One often hears people say, “I need my ego to survive!” Such an ego is a confused exaggeration, and of course, ego would say that as it’s not going to let go so easily 😉 . From a spiritual point of view, this is like saying, “I need my prison.”

Spiritually, we are pure awareness, beyond a sense of an obsessive self identity.

When meeting a person, it is usually a meeting of egos. If we come across someone who needs their ego…we leave them alone, as they will easily become angry. Egoless-ness is compassionate activity.