Spirituality and Enlightenment
Ego Death is When You ‘Check Out’
But you’re still here somehow.
Many of us often wonder why we’re here. There seems to be no obvious answer or reason. And as life gives us unwanted surprises to deal with, we’re hoping for some way to escape the hardships of this existence. We don’t want to die, we just wonder why life should be so heavy.
We want to figure out a way to avoid suffering. And the good news is that there is a way! It’s a method that’s been known to humans for as long as they’ve existed called reaching enlightenment, also known as ego death. It’s when you stop attaching so much to the outcomes and expectations of things and let it all be.
Life is like the Hotel California: you can check out but you can never leave.
What Is Ego Death?
I really don’t love the term. Ego “death” makes it sound so dramatic. Plus, you need your ego. In order to be a person, we must all have egos. Otherwise, we would not be individuals. We would be boundless spirits without localization and identity. (That surely would be cool to experience, though. We all have experienced it but don’t recall.)
