In actuality, the ego-self doesn’t have to die at all: life doesn’t come to an end; existence doesn’t cease; and no horrible, tragic fate is waiting to end life at all. Like the ego itself, the whole story is imaginary. One doesn’t have to destroy the ego or even work on it. The only simple task to be accomplished is to let go of the identification with the ego as one’s real self! With this relinquishment of identification, the self actually goes right on walking and talking, eating and laughing—the only difference is that, like the body, it becomes “that” instead of “me” or “this.” All that is necessary, then, is to let go of ownership, authorship, and the delusion that one invented or created this self and see that it was merely a mistake. That this is a very natural and inevitable mistake is obvious. Everyone makes it, and only a few discover the error and are willing or able to correct it. Dissolving the Ego, Realizing the Self: Contemplations from the Teachings of David R. Hawkins, M.D., Ph.D. (p. 56).
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