More from John Wheeler

How far are you from being? How far are you from consciousness? If you are distant from these, you may speak of progress. If you are not distant, then the only reasonable alternative is to drop the concept of progress and BE WHAT YOU ARE.

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Looking for the cause of the ego is a fool's errand. The ego is an erroneous belief. The assumed ego is not present on direct investigation. Is it reasonable to search for the cause of something that is not there?

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The experience of getting invested in the reality of the "I" is resolved by simply looking for it. We assume that the thought "I" points to an actual entity, a separate, limited self. But when you look for such a self, you cannot find it. You can no longer believe in something that on direct evidence is not there. Searching for the "I", all you find is non-conceptual awareness. All troubles are over at that point.

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When the central belief, the existence of the assumed person, is examined and found as false, the whole network of suffering collapses, for there is no one to whom it applies.

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The notion of the false, limited self comes and goes as an object in the mind. That is why it can be seen and discarded. You, as the conscious presence, are already standing outside of the mind.

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All questions, doubts and problems about "I" or "me" are groundless, for the "I" does not exist.

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Awareness is already awake. The person who would desire to awaken does not exist. Therefore, the concepts of awakening, liberation and enlightenment are entirely fallacious. Awareness is already free. There is no entity present to be bound or liberated. - John Wheeler