The Ego vs. The Artist

The ego is an inevitable part of human nature. It is the voice inside our head that tells us when we are too much or too little, trying to keep us safe. But the ego never tells us we are just enough as we are. The ego constantly defines and redefines expectations that are impossible to reach.

So how do we know if we are enough? Will we ever be enough? The answers to these questions do not come from our ego. The answers reside in our presence in this moment in time right now. Because now is all that exists. The ego is our past and our future. It infiltrates our now, either reminding the present self of old experiences that no longer exists or preparing the present self for new experiences that also do not exist.

The ego is our way of measuring time whereas presence is the here and now. Time is merely a figment of our imagination. Because is anything really there without the present moment?