Yesterday we looked at the ego as the belief in separation and self-centeredness. Those are two legs of the three-legged stool that is the ego. The three legs that hold up the seat of ego-self are:
Today’s reading includes pointers that help us remove these three legs. When we do, the ego collapses, because it doesn’t have a leg to stand on.
To remove the belief in separation:
Focus on awareness.
To remove the sense of self-existence:
Ignore mental chatter.
To remove self-centeredness:
Surrender.
Here are some quotes to help you contemplate today’s pointers:
In true meditation the emphasis is on being awareness; not on being aware of objects, but on resting as primordial awareness itself. Primordial awareness is the source in which all objects arise and subside. As you gently relax into awareness, into listening, the mind’s compulsive contraction around objects will fade. Awareness naturally returns to its non-state of absolute unmanifest potential, the silent abyss beyond all knowing. ~ Adyashanti
The Lord, your God, wants one thing from you and one thing only. He seeks all that you think, that He may show you all that you are. ~ Today’s reading
You should offer up to me the bright ruby of your mind. That is the gift that will bring me delight. ~ Ramana Maharshi
[Surrender] is the feeling ‘I am helpless by myself; God alone is all powerful and except by throwing myself completely on him, there is no other means of safety for me.’ By this method one gradually develops the conviction that God alone exists and that the ego does not count. … Complete surrender is another name for jnana or liberation. ~ Ramana Maharshi
Thoughts of Awakening # 52
Remember your Self.
Stay true to your Heart
and that which you truly want.
Your brother is your Self
and your path of true forgiveness.
Letting go of the ego,
as you see it in him,
is letting go of the ego
as you see it in you.
~From our Holy Spirit
