that’s how I would summarize all of spirituality: you are not your thoughts, you are not your personality, you are the elemental, pure, eternal consciousness residing behind those thoughts. Lay down your ego, stop collecting meaningless shit, wake up, and rest in that Awareness. It’s who you really are. And it’s your only real shot at feeling

Ego is a bird’s nest, haphazardly collected and carelessly placed, shaped by every bit of debris and every breeze that has ever passed its way. Once you start tearing it apart, you’ll actually find very little to identify with, and even less that was consciously placed there by you. And even then, you who? The self that takes part in the creation