In life, we often encounter the ego—the persistent voice that judges, compares, and clings to identity or something. The ego could reveal itself in subtle ways: the urge to label experiences as “good” or “bad,” the impatience when the mind won’t settle, or even the desire to meditate correctly.
This meditation offers the opportunities to practice sitting with what we’re uncomfortable with or do not welcome, by firstly acknowledging it as just that, the ego at work.
Mindfulness is not about eliminating the ego but understanding the thoughts and feelings that arise in tandem are merely illusionary, not permanent like Robert Frost’s poetry about nature.
Nothing Gold Can Stay, Robert Frost
Nature’s first green is gold,
Her hardest hue to hold.
Her early leaf’s a flower;
But only so an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf.
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day.
Nothing gold can stay.
Guide: Noelle Lim
Image credit: Liwanu Sutter, Unsplash
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