The fact that the world is lost in this and that others are drowning in their egos is simply the perfect mirror for me to see my own insanity.
You see,
When I see other people operating deeply from their egos,
What I see is a compassionate understanding.
I don't see an obstacle.
I see something that recognizes myself in them.
It's not in the way at all.
It's of course.
I understand.
And if it's seen as an obstacle,
Then what are they in the way of?
Whatever I think they're in the way of is my own issue,
Which kind of points to I'm holding on to something in the world,
Which is my own ego.
So who's got the ego problem?
Right?
It's like if I think somebody else has an ego problem,
That's only something my ego would say.
And it's very convenient for the ego to hide behind what it thinks is other people's ego.
And there's zero obligation for me to wake them up.
That's not my role.
Especially in day to day life.
Now in the context of the work that I do,
When somebody comes to me and says,
Hey,
Help me wake my ego up.
That's a very different dynamic.
But the best way for me to help to wake up egos in the world is to wake up from my own ego and love on them.
And to speak honestly.
There's such an impact that happens in the way that we move as we wake up from our own egos.
And the way that your ego hides from that is thinking that the problem is other egos.
For example,
You know what it's like?
It's like walking into a forest and thinking the problem is the forest as to why you can't relax and just be present.
You start thinking,
Wow,
If maybe this forest was more organized,
Maybe if the bugs stopped fighting because they're all lost in their egos,
Then I could relax.
The problem is not the forest.
The problem is not the apparent chaos.
The problem is I think that I'm separate from it all.
And I know how it should be.
And now everyone should do what I think they should do so that I can relax.
You see,
All of this implies that God is not in control.
All of this implies that God made a mistake.
All of this implies that it's not all one.
Which is kind of like saying in a way,
And again,
You know,
Yada,
Yada,
Yada,
Blah,
Blah,
Blah,
Spiritual language.
But it's kind of like saying the only problem is the problem that I put there.
And that's spoken in a very relative sense and only for myself.
Because I recognize it is deeply true for myself.
It's not for the whole world.
It's not even to say it's for you.
And it's fascinating to watch that play out in myself.
The parts of myself that thinks the problem is the world.
And it's very understandable,
Especially as we seem to learn about what appears to be going on in the world.
Oh,
The problem must be out there.
It's understandable.
But when I get in touch with the real problem in myself,
Like,
Okay,
This is a problem.
Why is that a problem for me?
Because it threatens my ego.
It threatens what my ego wants in the world.
I guess as a silly illustration,
It's like saying,
Wow,
The system is so corrupt.
The way that money moves in the world is so corrupt.
It leaves me at a disadvantage.
A disadvantage of what?
Being special in the world?
A disadvantage of being important like others that I think are important?
Does it really create a disadvantage as it relates to me being whole and complete?
Present?
What's the conclusion here?
For me,
The conclusion is the real.
And that's the whole point.
What is real?
And,
You know,
The comedy in the question of what is real is that it invites stillness.
The last thing it invites is mental activity.
Especially the more you see that the real cannot be found in the mind.
Because the only thing you find in the mind is imagination.
Imagination.
So if the solution is the real,
To recognize that what you crave is something real,
It invites a beautiful stillness.
A deep breath.
It invites you to open up your senses beyond the mind.
And it invites the great letting go of the unreal,
Which is all the content in the mind.
Which is also everything we think that exists in the world,
Which is just more content in the mind.
And then what comes next?
That's the funny part.
Because what comes next is content in the mind.
Your imagination about the future.
What comes next is whatever comes next.
But how about we start from a place that's much more present?
A place that has forgiven the past,
Which is the mind's idea of the past.
A place that lets go of the future,
Which is to let go of the mind's imagination about the future.
And from this,
Your heart will be more open.
From this,
There will be less to be afraid of,
Since you're only afraid of content in the mind.
And where the heart is open and there is less to be afraid of,
Then the natural consequence is more love.
And then what comes next is whatever comes next.
Welcome to life.
