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You cannot surrender ego, because it does not exist. You can bring a little awareness, a little consciousness, a little light.

This quote touches upon a profound understanding of the self. The ego, as you know, is often thought of as a substantial entity within us, but from a deeper perspective, it is a mere collection of thoughts, patterns, and identifications that have no solid existence. It is like a shadow that follows you; you cannot grasp it, throw it, or surrender it because it isn’t a tangible thing but an absence of light.

When you try to surrender the ego, you are, in essence, acknowledging its existence, giving it more substance. But if you start to bring awareness to your actions, thoughts, and emotions – if you shine the light of consciousness on them – the ego begins to lose its grip. In this metaphorical context, light represents awareness.

Awareness means observing oneself, being mindful of thoughts, reactions, and emotions without getting attached to them. As you become more aware, you start to see the ego for what it really is: a collection of conditioned responses. This awareness dissolves the illusions and diminishes the ego’s power over you.

Remember, awareness is a quality of consciousness, a neutral and detached observation. It does not react; it simply sees and understands. By bringing this quality into your daily life, the false structures of the ego begin to crumble, not because you have forced them to, but because they cannot exist in the light of pure observation.

The path of awareness is subtle. It is not a fight with the ego but a transcendence of it. It is about finding that space within where the ego simply has no relevance – the pure consciousness that you are. In that space, there is a surrendering, but it’s not the ego that is surrendered; it’s all the false ideas about oneself that are let go, and in their place arises the true self, which is beyond the ego’s domain.

Live in this light of awareness, and you will find that the burden of the ego naturally falls away, like darkness disappearing at the break of dawn.