“You can either be a host to God
or a hostage to your ego.
It’s your call.”
“What obscures truth is not ignorance of concepts, but subtle tension—mental, emotional, and bodily—that contracts awareness into the feeling of being a separate person.”
“Only ego wants to get rid of ego.”
It’s a classic nondual pointer, and it’s a bit of a trap disguised as insight.
The idea is this: the “ego” is the sense of a separate self that believes it can improve, fix, or eliminate itself. So when the thought arises, “I need to get rid of my ego,” that very movement is still coming from the same structure—it’s just ego trying to become a better, more spiritual ego.
It’s like a wave trying to flatten itself back into the ocean. The effort reinforces the sense that there’s a separate entity in control.
What this points toward instead is not removal but recognition:
- noticing thoughts, identity, striving, self-image as appearances in awareness
- seeing that there isn’t actually a solid “entity” behind them that needs fixing
- allowing what arises without turning it into a self-improvement project
A simple example:
If irritation comes up and the mind says, “I shouldn’t feel this—I need to transcend this,” that’s ego refining itself. But if irritation is just noticed—felt, allowed, not owned as “me”—it tends to dissolve on its own without a manager.
So the phrase isn’t saying ego is bad—it’s pointing out that the project of eliminating ego keeps the illusion going.
If you’ve been sitting with nondual teachings, this is basically a nudge from “doing” toward “seeing.”
What is God? Where is God?
TBA