Acts 13:25 · World English Bible
As John was fulfilling his course, he said, ‘What do you suppose that I am? I am not he. But behold, one comes after me, the sandals of whose feet I am not worthy to untie.’
There is great freedom in being able to say, I am not the one you think I am. The ego is always trying to be someone, to claim a role, to be recognized as special.
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EGO & BEING
There is great freedom in being able to say, I am not the one you think I am. The ego is always trying to be someone, to claim a role, to be recognized as special. To release that claim is not weakness. It is awakening.
When you no longer need to be the center, you can point beyond yourself to something far greater than any personal identity. The one who comes after, whose sandals you feel unworthy to loosen, is not merely another person. It is the presence, the awareness, deeper than the small self you have taken yourself to be. When you stop needing to be the one, you no longer stand in the way, and what is deepest in life can finally come through.
Ego v. Being lens
What would be free in me if I stopped needing to be seen a certain way?
The sage does not display himself, so he is seen clearly. He takes no credit, so the credit lasts. Not needing to be someone is what leaves room for everything else.
The self you defend is a borrowed coat. When it falls away, what remains is not nothing but the thing you were pointing at all along.
The teaching of no permanent self says the person you keep protecting is a story held together by habit. Set the story down and the protecting stops too.
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Ego v. Being