Soul Searcher is at an all time low today. The low spiritual energy is accredited to some events that are taking place as I pen.

These incidents are affecting the EGO while I witness and acknowledge it.

A rather strange conversation I had with two people yesterday showed me how easily we consider EGO as an intrinsic part of us.

I hate to blow your bubble, but the EGO is something that is not part of you, it does not have to be.

Look closely and you will realize that EGO is the culprit behind our unhappiness.

We are constantly being taught to compare ourselves with others and match their standards.
When we measure against another, and we feel lower EGO kicks in to make you feel bad about yourself and it is released as jealousy, while some others begin to feel sorry for themselves. On the other hand, when you realize you are better than someone else, you feel elated, EGO takes its place again and brings it a step higher, becoming conceit.

In both scenarios, you lose your rooted-ness and imbalance your body and mind.

How do you identify the ego, you ask?

When you start out, it would seem difficult to identify because we have lived with ego, so closely, we cannot see ourselves separate from it. But, therein lies the delight, for the ego-less is akin to a newborn for it sees no need for the ego and in turn delights all around it.

Watch your conversations with the people around you. At any point in time when you feel lower or higher than the other person, that is the EGO.

When you express an opinion that does not improve the situation in any way that is EGO.

If you feel a certain satisfaction in letting someone in on a gossip, that is the EGO.

Once you spot these patterns, you will slowly learn how to identify the EGO in all its other forms.


The identifying of the EGO does not have to be a serious process. Realise that you are learning to tap into your essence and so enjoy it!

When you identify the EGO surfacing smile at it, laugh at the way the ego makes you think of yourself. Laugh at the way it seems so stupid to succumb to the voice in your head!

I for one, devised my own way of identifying my ego that excites me! Every time I sense the ego surface i go WHOHOO! (though, it is not my intention to scare away those in close range of me).
And if I cant express it out loud I just smile!

Immediately the ego subsides. This IS awareness.

I am not asking you to suppress it, because curbing the ego causes it to rise some more, just like a ball pressured under water.

But rather, accept it and acknowledge it.

Being aware of the ego enables you to become more humble and receptive to your environment.
Thus, opening up a world of possibilities that was shut off because of a terrorist in your head.