suffering and the ego

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Ego is the movement of the mind toward objects of perception, in the form of

grasping; and, away from objects, in the form of aversion. This

fundamentally is all the ego is. This movement of grasping and aversion

gives rise to a sense of a separate " me, " and in turn the sense of " me "

strengthens itself this way. It is this continuous loop of causation that

tricks consciousness into a trance of identification. Identification with

what? Identification with the continuous loop of suffering. After all, who

is suffering? The " me " is suffering. And " who " is this me? It is nothing

more than a sense of self caused by identification with grasping and

aversion. You see, it's all a creation of the mind, an endless movie, a

terrible dream. Don't try to change the dream, because trying to change it

is just another movement in the dream. Look at the dream. Be aware of the

dream. That awareness is It. Become more interested in the awareness of the

dream than in the dream itself. What is that awareness? Who is that

awareness? Don't go spouting out an answer, just be the answer. Be It.

 

-Adyashanti