Meditation on No-Self
A Dhamma Talk Edited for Bodhi Leaves

Because we are so keen on survival, we have got to keep on identifying.

When this identification becomes a matter of the life or death of the ego, which it usually is, then the fear of loss becomes so great that we can be in a constant state of fear.

Constantly afraid to lose either the possessions that make us what we are, or the people that make us what we are. If we have no children, or if they all die, we are no longer a mother. So fear is paramount.

The same goes for all other identifications. Not a very peaceful state of living and what is it due to? Only one thing: ego, the craving to be.

by Sister Ayya Khema - 1983

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