Ego – The Delusional Thinker

Do you know that we live in a world of delusions? It is because we live in a world of words. However, there is a world without words that exists right before us in the present, what we call reality, which is eternal and timeless. The only thing that separates us from it is our perception. When we meditate, what is our purpose? Are we trying to understand how we relate to this timeless dimension and be free of the time dimension we know? Or are we trying to escape from it? It is not meditation if you are trying to escape but just another way of using self-hypnosis.

Our thinking process is delusional and hypnotic. The ego in our mind is a product of self-hypnosis. It means you cannot appear in your conscious mind without words. It implies that without words, you cannot think. Words hypnotize you. It is the only way you control your mind. You do not have to believe it or take my word for it. All you have to do is try to disprove what I write and see what happens in your mind.

Yes, you have to use words to appear in the conscious mind. Most people fear that the ego might disappear from their minds if they stop thinking. That is why, in most people’s minds, the thinking process goes on and on, nonstop, like a squirrel in a cage.

Do you know how delusional our thinking process is? Our hopes, fears and desires lead us to create belief systems behind which we hide and gain comfort and strength. It affects our perceptions which influence our thinking and behaviour. Our ego is not interested in searching for truth. It seeks self-gratification, and satisfying our desires is our primary pursuit. We use words to express our thoughts and feelings for communication and entertainment. We invent words to describe what we see, imagine and think. For example, everyone knows “Santa Claus” is not real. So, if someone believes such a person exists, we call him deluded. Now when we say “heaven”, a place we imagine we go to after we die, how many of us believe it exists and is real? Same thing with the word “hell”. How many of us think that hell exists? Do you consider these people deluded?

Also, do you realize that we live in a hypnotic world? When we use words in our thinking process, it hypnotizes us. So when you use phrases like “I love you.”, do you know you are hypnotizing yourself? If you keep repeating, you will likely fall in love with that person. The same thing happens with the way you become anxious and worried. If you keep repeating phrases like “What is going to happen?”, “What is keeping him late?”, “I hope everything is OK.” you will create anxiety and tension in your system. But if you say the opposite words like “Everything is fine”, “Probably delayed in traffic”, “Everything is OK”, etc., even if you do not mean it., you will feel a lot better. Our subconscious mind reflexly responds to words, not their meaning. That is the hypnotic effect words have on you.

So, can you see that whatever we create in the thinker and the thought (the thinker thinking) mode can only make a world of delusions, a fantasy world, an escapist world? In reality, there is no such thing as time. But we create our time dimension by using words. The terms like “today, tomorrow, yesterday” instantly transport us from the present to the future and the past. We create an instant fantasy world when we say the words like “reincarnation, resurrection, heaven, hell, spiritual etc.”. Our imagination instantly creates a world beyond the present for us - a world of self-hypnosis.

Thus, can you now understand how important words are to our existence? We cannot live without words. Words create our whole world. Without words, the ego cannot appear in our consciousness. So thinking becomes a nonstop habit. It becomes an obsession. We communicate, entertain, learn and express our feelings and emotions with words. Our whole civilization and philosophies exist on words. Yet, a world beyond words exists right before our eyes. It is eternal and timeless. Yet no one seems interested in understanding their relationship to this timeless dimension. All we do is pray, build churches, temples, mosques etc. Where have all the people who call themselves scientists gone?

As one can see, the words instantly take us away from this reality when we think. It is a hypnotic effect. It is how we create and live in a delusional world of words. Since thinking nonstop becomes a problem for the individual, causing chaos and confusion in mind, the clever ego has invented various forms of meditation to quieten the mind. The idea is to stop or slow down the thinking process.

If you observe, these self-centred activities and meditation techniques which the ego uses, only artificially achieve the peace and tranquillity one wishes for. They are not true meditation but are exercises in self-hypnosis. They cannot possibly lead to understanding how the ego operates and, therefore, also exercises in delusional thinking. It is true that if you want to experience the timeless dimension, a world beyond words, you have to stop thinking. There is only one way to do this and, at the same time, acquire self-knowledge, and that is to go into the observer and the observed mode.

Do you know what happens to the ego if you stop thinking? You do not disappear from the mind. It is a false perception. You merely go into the observer and the observed (the observer observing) mode. It is the only correct mode to meditate in. In this mode, only can you acquire learning, understanding and wisdom. In this mode, you can become aware of reality and dehypnotize yourself. It is a passive mode the ego does not like because it does not want to be in the background and cannot be directly in control.

So how do we go into a passive mode to understand reality? It is simple. Wherever you are or whatever you are doing, become aware of the present moment and look at the picture before you. Expand your vision to take in the view of everything, except the back of you, without saying a single word. Now you have a panoramic view without words. Because of your habit of verbalizing everything, your thoughts will try to intrude. Do not resist. Allow your thoughts to appear. Do not verbalize or analyze. See what happens to your thoughts. If emotions intrude, treat them the same way. You will find your thoughts and emotions have no substance without words. Words activate your thoughts and emotions. It is how one meditates and acquires self-knowledge. As your understanding of your mind and how words affect you grow, your thinking process will automatically become peaceful and less intrusive. Life becomes an eternal meditation when, without conscious effort, your normal thinker and the thought mode in your mind become the passive observer and the observed mode.

Understanding why you must meditate in the observer and the observed mode is essential. Many people may experience this spontaneous phenomenon where the observer in mind and what is being observed becomes one when they are out in the wilderness or mountaintop. It is a unique experience where you have momentarily stepped into the timeless dimension. In this state of mind, you are fully aware and are one with the universe and the Universal Mind. It is an experience beyond words and not a delusion. It is a world that always exists; only our perception separates it. Thus, meditation aims to understand and become one with this timeless world. We are all part of this timeless universe and should meditate this way to discover it before we die because, after death, we all return to this timeless dimension.

In this article, I have tried to show you how we live in this superficial world of words and how delusional and hypnotic our thinking process is. Technology and our thinking take us away from this reality. The more we escape into our fantasy world, the more mental illness we suffer. We are in the same situation as Tennyson’s Lotus Eaters, who ate the lotus fruit and lost all desire to wake up to reality. The consequence of not waking up is to continue chasing your shadow for the rest of your life; we will keep philosophizing, justifying our actions and praying. That is how civilization has been progressing all these centuries. If you wish to discover your mind and understand reality, please read my online articles and book “The Enchanted Time Traveller – A Book of Self-knowledge and The Subconscious Mind”. Visit the website: https://theenchantedtimetraveller.com.au.