The Undefended Self: Living the Pathwork

Whatever the core story is, it is the story (the conclusion) that colors all of our other stories. And like all stories, it covers up the void at the core of the ego structure, the void being our point of connection with the infinite. The ego sees this void as threatening because it provides the way out of the ego structure, which is terrifying to

You are able to see through the complex illusions of duality, of self and other, and see and experience it all as an ongoing play of the universal self, of God. Because it is all appreciated as the self, there really is no longer anything to fear, including one’s own death. There is nothing to hold onto. There is nothing to hate. There is nothing t

As you say, the ego cannot make awakening or redeeming love happen, but you have never really been that small, limiting idea called ego. Relax into your being—that is the fundamental practice. Who are you beyond being worthy or unworthy? Let all self-image transform into loving presence.

Indeed, we first have to establish a self before we can let go of one. That self is a provisional and convenient designation but not ultimately real in any enduring, unchanging way. To say that there is no limited, fixed self is a way of referring to the boundless potential in each of us—our buddha mind or buddha nature. We…

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