So what is our ego? Is it the bloated chest body builder walking along the beach? Is it the big noter at a party? Is it the reason we don’t sing in public or even the one that says no to learning how to draw?  The ego is our mind made sense of self, it’s the identity we have around our thoughts, beliefs and it is what holds on to us which quite often imprisons us. Everything that is attached to the ‘I’, is the ego attaching. Even a person who says no to speaking in public, but really wants to or the one that looks for approval by others is allowing the ego to be larger than they are.

However we perceive ourselves, whether it is the ‘I’ who can remember facts, a lousy dancer, good at our job, a happy family man, a positive person, the optimist, a stress head, good looking or ugly, is the ego holding on to who it thinks it is. Our egoic self, is our mind to body conditionings, beliefs, structures, systems and impressions of the form that is presented in our daily life. Our ego loves what it knows, it loves to be fed with the image of entity based concepts and will do what it takes to hold on to them.

As we peel through the layers of who we think we are, let go of expectations, regrets, beliefs, guilts and practice living in this moment. We are exposed to the essence of all that we are, this is where the ego loses its power and our authentic self is exposed. As each layer falls, so does a part of the ego and with each layer falling, a lighter experience of life is the new reality.

When we walk in this life with the lighter experience, our connection to all existence is more obvious. We are able to be in more of a flow with all that exists and life runs through us, rather than us through it. This essence of existence is our ultimate truth, the formless – this is beyond those frames and concepts we perceive with our minds.

There are practices, concepts and habits, which can encourage such awareness of connection; they can take time, patience and curiosity. But the fact that you are reading this is the curiosity that is already ignited. You see, to remember who we are is just that, a remembering and it’s igniting the inner knowing of our absolute truth that brings you to this blog. To use tools, concepts and strategies are fabulous  ways to unfold to ourselves. To learn the ones that resonate with you are for your own exploration, experience and personal evolution. Valuing the existence of form without attachment to that form, is the deepening of awareness and freedom in the existence of the life presented.

Do we have to become the yogi who lives a life of stillness in the Nepalese mountains? We can if we choose, however, we have the gift of being human and get to choose to live in this day, with all of the tools and experiences available in  this time. This is BEING in this life completely, however the individual sees fit. It’s where careers, Facebook, cars, family commitments, electronics are present. It’s where technology, science and innovation expose deeper truths of our interwoven threads of reality. It’s about moving with the changes and being present enough to make conscious choices that serve our life experience rather than contract them.  Being in this moment is where we integrate fully the form with the formless. We have come to a state of consciousness where we are opening up to our truth, seeing beyond the matter and being present to the bigger reality. This is an exciting time of humanity, it opens us up to create systems and structures based around the absolute truth of unity, rather than ones of separateness.

We don’t have to be a particular person, good grades, spunky looks, activist, degrees, smart, rich, not even what society would perceive as kind. To connect with the essence of existence is Being in this existence completely. How we do that, is up to each individual. There are many paths to this place, some are quicker than others and as history has exposed, no two paths the same. We have the gift of the human experience to bring choice to our curiosity and feed systems that expand our life experience, rather than react in the systems that contract them.

To be curious to the unfolding of the self is where a subjective experience can unfold to the universe in all its mystery, magic and creativity. Beyond ego is beyond mind, there is a dance worth remembering.