See to be, feel to heal

 Question: How to get rid of the ego ?

Ramana Maharshi: 

"Just see it for what it really is. That will be enough. It is the ego itself that makes an effort to get rid of itself, so how can it die in that way ? So first realize what the true nature of the ego is, and it will go of its own accord.”

This is the “see to be” part of spiritual living. In Awareness we see the conditioned self for what it is and look through it. However, we cannot see what we are not aware of and that’s where the “feel to heal” part of the equation comes in. Let whatever thought-feeling energy arise and stay with it. As we understand its root cause we watch it fade into nothingness.