a look behind the ego

A friend of Ric's who lives in Japan and who has had his fair share of trauma and emotional difficulties reached out and gave me some thoughts to chew on recently. It so reassuring to discover that you aren't alone in feeling like you're going crazy sometimes. It moves and amuses me that such profound ideas can be conveyed so charmingly in a small pop up window when you least expect it. These are a few fragments from our facebook chat:

'haha. we're special people...we are all here to help each other.

anyway- i just wanted you to know that i have the same problems as you. - I see random signs on walls that apparently have no connection to me and I follow their advice. Or I get the urge to suddenly sign in to facebook and speak to someone and I think "this must be fate" etc.. and, its fine. and if i'm in a bad mood its terrible and I panic...

but now i have a refuge in meditation and mantra. so every time it happens I bring my attention down to a very fine point. i sit in a quiet room and i repeat the mantra to drown out my egotistical thinking. and in time, it passes. because any sensation that arises will pass, as long as you just watch, acknowledge, and let go.

Don't let thoughts define you. think of them as bubbles arising- they are not yours and they will not remain,

is what i do anyway,

but i'm not qualified to give advice, but i always give in and rant... sorry

by the way- i think all this superhuman feeling comes from having a great sensitivity to the universe, but an untamed ego, which thinks it is "special" because of the sensitivity.

look behind the ego! is what i'm doing...

yeah, take care

have a sexy weekend'