Confusion Creates Ego

We are pure consciousness. Because of our confusion about this essential truth, pure consciousness is downgraded into ordinary, everyday consciousness. Ignoring our true essence, consciousness became attracted to phenomena and adopted ideas in the mind; we call that adoption ‘myself’ or ‘I’ (Indo-European root shared by Latin ego and Greek egō).

The fate of the unenlightened is to be confused
as awareness is downgraded through distraction.

When we use the word ‘ego’ as a weapon against others, we reveal our misunderstanding that all unenlightened creatures have a sense of self, an ego, by which they judge and activate emotions.

Judging or discerning is how we function. Through the senses, perception goes straight to mind for references and memories, and we judge and react, depending on our experience – or lack of it.

A practitioner notes this procedure, and is able to cut through this mechanical process, remaining in pure awareness. It is through this clarity that a response is forthcoming – or not, depending on the situation.

For all of us, judging and reacting to others is our karmic load. This karmic load, our confusion, is our path to enlightenment, and so it is our teacher. An external teacher is merely a pointer-outer; it is we who have to do the work by seeing and dropping.

Dropping whatever is seen is essential to remain in clarity,
for fresh intuition and insights to arrive.

Things aren’t black and white
– there are many levels of understanding.

Of course, there are some big egos in the world, but most of us have mundane egos, which the big egos take advantage of. A practitioner uses a social I to be able to function with others.

Until enlightenment, we will have an ego;
recognise it as your personal guide.