The Ego Bubble

The ego bubble bobs along getting bigger and bigger, until one day it pops!

When we fail to recall our authenticity, we unconsciously create a false identity.

EACH one of us has come into this world with a special gift and that is the gift of our own unique and distinct nature. No two individuals are the same.

There are no carbon copies. Everyone has their own remarkable and unrepeatable nature, which needs to be recognised and embraced.

Sadly, for many of us, as we grow, we are influenced by the people and the world around us. Consequently, our nature, our most precious gift, is lost and forgotten.

Without remembering who we are, we feel incomplete and inadequate, as if something is missing. We try to make up for what’s lacking by conforming and becoming someone we’re not.

Instead of recalling our authenticity and what we are meant to be doing in this world, we unconsciously create a false identity, called ego.

Our False Identity

The ego is like a bubble that emerges from the ocean. It separates itself from the ocean and identifies with its form, saying, “This is me. I am Mr Bubble.”

Mr Bubble bobs along the ocean, getting bigger and bigger, until one day he pops! Never once does he realise that he is the ocean.

Similarly, we go through life without knowing who we are. We focus our attention on our surface personality and develop a false sense of who we are meant to be.

We cling to our illusory selves and say, "This is me. This is who I am!” But this is not who we are. It is who we've become.

Each one of us has successfully identified with our smallness and become one with our limited personality.

However, if we believe that this small, insignificant self is real, then we deny ourselves the truth, and that is, to quote Rumi, “We are not a drop in the ocean; we are the ocean in a drop."

Drop the Drop

You need to remember that you are the ocean and not the drop.

By shifting your focus from your small self to the ocean of your true self, you will drop the drop and become LIMITLESS.

You just need to remember. That's all. You need to remember, because you have spent your life focusing on your limited personality.

This individuality has become all-important. Yet it is so insignificant.

You just need to realise this.

Conclusion

Begin by shedding the layers of conditioning—the masks, the roles—not to become someone new but to return to who you’ve always been: your original and essential self.

Your authentic self was never lost; it was only obscured by the noise of ego and the distractions of the world.

And as you remember, you’ll realise that you were never a bubble on the surface; you have always been the vast, boundless ocean: deep, limitless, and complete.

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I’d love to know your thoughts. Let’s start a conversation. Ask me a question. I’d only be too happy to write you a thoughtful answer.

All the best.

Till next week, remember: you are your Self, beyond ego.

Meredith — The Elder Sage