The Ego's Great Trick: You Think You ARE Your Thoughts

## The Ego's Great Trick The ego pulled off the greatest magic trick in the history of consciousness: it convinced you that you ARE your thoughts. That the voice in your head is you.

That the running commentary - the judgments, fears, fantasies, and endless mental chatter - is your identity. It's not. It never was.

### The Watcher Behind the Mind Right now, as you read these words, there is something aware of the reading. Something watching the thoughts form in response to these sentences.

Something that notices when your mind wanders and brings it back. That something is not the mind.