Kim F.
I loved this book! The author was such a great narrator with his calm voice. The lessons are an attempt at teaching the person the “illusion of Ego”. All suffering is due to the Ego’s need to be superior and it’s need for identity. It has a lot of recurring content about disconnecting from wishful thought, judgement, and letting go of competition. The connectedness with being is against the Ego’s hidden agenda. All structures are unstable. The unconscious drive behind ego is to strengthen the image of who I think I am. Whatever behavior the ego the manifests, the hidden motivating source it the same, the need to stand out, be special, be in control, the need for more, the need to feel a sense of separation.
The gap between I want and what is becomes a constant source of upset and aguish.
The famous pop song, I can’t get no satisfaction, is the song of the ego.
The underlying emotion that governs all the emotion of the ego is Fear, the fear of being nobody, the fear of nonexistence. Illusion will never satisfy you. All structures are unstable, impermanent. Once you realize that, you will find peace. The emerging awareness of your deeper self, the I am.
I would recommend this book.