There’s a lot in this that feels more grounded than the usual “destroy the ego” narrative.
Besides assumptions and claims, it seems like the same structure is still in place, just softened.
Ego is no longer the enemy, but it’s still treated as something inside consciousness. And consciousness or awareness is still positioned as what’s more fundamental, even as “what you actually are.”
So the center doesn’t disappear, it just shifts.
From “me as a person” to “me as awareness.”
This brings me to a very simple question.
If something is doing the recognizing that this “ vastness ” is who you are.
What is it that’s doing the recognizing?
Because whatever recognizes, names, and stabilizes that shift still looks like the same structure reorganizing itself.
So is anything actually being transcended here, or is the same pattern just taking on a more refined form?
You’re right that it could be read that way…. and I’d agree, awareness as a new identity, a subtler “me,” would just be a more refined ego.
The pointing is aiming toward something closer to the opposite… not that vastness becomes the new “what you are,” but that when you look for what you are, no centre can be found. The recogniser dissolves in the looking.
What remains is less a new orientation and more an absence of a locatable one… with everything still appearing, still functioning, still fully human.
At which point, “ego annihilation” becomes irrelevant.
There’s a lot in this that feels more grounded than the usual “destroy the ego” narrative.
Besides assumptions and claims, it seems like the same structure is still in place, just softened.
Ego is no longer the enemy, but it’s still treated as something inside consciousness. And consciousness or awareness is still positioned as what’s more fundamental, even as “what you actually are.”
So the center doesn’t disappear, it just shifts.
From “me as a person” to “me as awareness.”
This brings me to a very simple question.
If something is doing the recognizing that this “ vastness ” is who you are.
What is it that’s doing the recognizing?
Because whatever recognizes, names, and stabilizes that shift still looks like the same structure reorganizing itself.
So is anything actually being transcended here, or is the same pattern just taking on a more refined form?
You’re right that it could be read that way…. and I’d agree, awareness as a new identity, a subtler “me,” would just be a more refined ego.
The pointing is aiming toward something closer to the opposite… not that vastness becomes the new “what you are,” but that when you look for what you are, no centre can be found. The recogniser dissolves in the looking.
What remains is less a new orientation and more an absence of a locatable one… with everything still appearing, still functioning, still fully human.
At which point, “ego annihilation” becomes irrelevant.
What is making the claim that no center is found?
Because the moment that statement appears, something has already:
observed
concluded
expressed
So the structure hasn’t disappeared.
It’s just no longer being labeled as a “center.”
lol... ahhh the nondual police... I see you
https://beyondimogen.substack.com/p/the-poetry-of-being
Not at all. But a question worth pondering. 🤔