Damien Echols (@damienechols)
The ego isn’t something to get rid of, because in actuality it doesn’t exist. It’s simply a mortal hallucination that we’ve all bought into. It is the absence of love, the same way darkness is the absence of light. When we turn on light, darkness disappears; and when we turn on love, the ego disappears. Whatever we devote to truth will be able to
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I believe remembering our true nature means transcending the ego. It means seeing through the illusion of the smaller, separate self and grounding ourselves in the greater truth of who we really are: an embodied manifestation of consciousness that is inherently connected and one with all of life, while at the same time holding a unique perspective... See more
But ego is not a thing. Ego is a process. Ego is the ongoing act of identifying with thoughts, memories, desires, and fears. When this identification stops, the ego vanishes instantly. There is nothing to kill, cleanse, or battle. There is only a pattern of thinking.