From 66d5d91903509b8575f5e9d56fe66daa0cd57342e0243cf90b9944bde56b10d2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nicholas Johnson Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2025 00:00:00 +0000 Subject: Replace instances of 'any more' with 'anymore' 'anymore' means 'any longer'. 'any more' is incorrect. --- content/entry/why-you-cannot-get-rid-of-your-ego.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'content/entry/why-you-cannot-get-rid-of-your-ego.md') diff --git a/content/entry/why-you-cannot-get-rid-of-your-ego.md b/content/entry/why-you-cannot-get-rid-of-your-ego.md index f2946f6..9ec5e4e 100644 --- a/content/entry/why-you-cannot-get-rid-of-your-ego.md +++ b/content/entry/why-you-cannot-get-rid-of-your-ego.md @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ Now "losing one's ego" or "ego death" doesn't literally happen. It would be like There are different levels at which I can address that question. The first is the feeling of being a subject. You feel that you have a body, thoughts, moods, emotions, senses, and all the rest. You're the experiencer, in addition to the experience. It's possible to lose this sense of being a subject. In other words, to recognize that there is no feeler of emotions, haver of moods and thoughts, senser of senses, or resident of the body. The objects of consciousness normally associated with the subject are perceived "on equal footing" as those associated with the other. ### Awareness Level 2 -The second level of awareness comes after you lose the feeling of being a subject. When that falls away, there is this sense of "well, I'm the one experiencing the lack of a subject". The feeling of ego can't be associated with the subject any more, so it takes up refuge as the perceiver of the lack of subject. But there is no one who experiences the lack of subject. The feeling of there being an experiencer is simply part of the experience. +The second level of awareness comes after you lose the feeling of being a subject. When that falls away, there is this sense of "well, I'm the one experiencing the lack of a subject". The feeling of ego can't be associated with the subject anymore, so it takes up refuge as the perceiver of the lack of subject. But there is no one who experiences the lack of subject. The feeling of there being an experiencer is simply part of the experience. ## Death of The Ego Illusion You are just as free of ego when you're completely lost in thought as you are at this second level of awareness. The illusion of being an ego can come and go, but you're always egoless. You just don't recognize it all the time. So if you want to be pedantic, you shouldn't say "ego death", but instead "death of the ego illusion". -- cgit v1.2.3