"Ego mind can’t imagine how you could function as a particular human being without being identified with the body. However, I can personally attest not only to the possibility, but also to the ease and freedom of doing so.
To release body identification, begin to look deeply into the body. A body is no problem. It is only the way that the ego mind identifies “exclusively” with a particular body that is problematic. Exactly where is the self in it? Look deeply, observe silently. Every essential part of the body currently functions without you: respiration, digestion, hearing, feeling, seeing, tasting, etc. Even brain function and the arising and passing of thoughts, intentions, desires, and consciousness itself are selflessly arising. All self is a mental projection onto some spontaneously occurring bodily function. Even the projecting of a separate self is self-lessly arising.
See it all deeply enough and the projection of self onto every moment will cease on its own. To understand is not enough. One must see it all very deeply. This is not no-self philosophy that I am talking about here. It is direct courageous contemplation. It is freedom and serene joy. It is happiness.”
~ Adyashanti
"The Philosophy of Enlightenment" Online Course
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