The Ego Is Just a Thought

Gina Lake is a spiritual teacher and the author of numerous books about awakening to one's true nature, including Trusting Life, Embracing the Now, Radical Happiness, Living in the Now, Return to Essence, Loving in the Moment, Anatomy of Desire, and Getting Free. She is also a gifted intuitive with a master's degree in counseling psychology and over twenty years experience supporting people in their spiritual growth. Her website offers information about her books and courses, free e-books, book excerpts, a monthly newsletter, a blog, and audio and video recordings: http://www.radicalhappiness.com. MP3s of the talks from the intensive that this video is from can be purchased at http://www.radicalhappiness.com/recordings.

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• awakening
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• spiritual awakening
• enlightenment
• Eckhart Tolle
• The Power of Now
• A New Earth
• Byron Katie
• Adyashanti
• Advaita
• nonduality
• nondual
• Presence
• the now
• being present
• waking up
• happiness
• acceptance

[livenowdoing]

So what do you do when the I is the one thinking it is awareness and living in the now?

[Nirmalanow]

The ego is tricky, and it may have the thought that it is Awareness and living in the Now. What is it that is aware of the ego thinking it is awareness and living in the Now? That's who you really are. You are the awareness of the ego thinking it is awareness. Actually living in the Now is an experience, not a thought about living in the Now or a thought about anything else. Love...Gina Lake

[livenowdoing]

@Nirmalanow My experience is that ego ( the thinking that thinks it is you) needs to own every aspect of your identity. So, when one truly experiences awareness, ego immediately swoops in to own the experience and the true person is displaced. Ego tries to repeat the experience of awareness and it is not the same. Few people are able to distinguish the difference between their true self and ego because it is ego that is distinguishing between the two. Looking through the eyes of ego = ego.

[Nirmalanow]

My experience is that Awareness is always here and never displaced by the ego. Maybe what you are calling Awareness is a spiritual experience that came and went, but Awareness is not an experience that comes and goes. Awareness is what is aware of the ego and everything that comes and goes. It is not my experience that distinguishing between ego and Awareness is difficult. Everyone is able to feel the difference between the two. Love...Gina Lake

[beliefpatrol]

excellent! I have always wondered who is the one that "belives" the thoughts. Many teach that we are not our thoughts...but I have often questioned who is the one that does believe the thoughts. It can't be awareness that believs thoughts right? Becuase awareness is peaceful and content...not entangled in thoughts.I have never heard someone explain the truth in this way.

[maddanslab]

love it! thank you!

[lovehopefaith1000]

@Nirmalanow awareness ego is not, awareness has no suffering , ego does, so we know ...thx gina!

[38zanoni]

The Ego must be killed by are mother Devi Kundalini thats the only way to get rid of it.

[CFSLosAngeles]

Just brilliant Gina!:

"The 'I' thought takes credit for being you. It's a thought, but it pretends to have awareness. The 'I' keeps you from experiencing all the things the 'I' wants!"

Your material on the ego on this short clip is spot on and could help so many on this planet! So much needless suffering we put ourselves through simply because we fail to see and embrace our true nature. Thankfully with the internet the message is slowly getting out there!

Namaste,

Michael Jeffreys

[abre01]

Hi Gina!

You are awesome! Everything you say is so powerful!

Thank you for sharing!

Greetings from Axel from Germany :)

[scunnie]

Beautifully said. Thankyou xxx