ELI5..’Ego death’ on a psychedelic.
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In order to understand Ego Death, you need to understand Ego, and Ego is “you”. The”you” that you think you are. It’s an illusion presented to you by your mind, and unless you become aware of this, you will perpetually believe wholeheartedly that you are exactly what this illusion tells you you are, and this is the main source of your suffering. And because the illusion is one of a “you” who isn’t good enough, for example, you buy it and believe it’s true without realising. And it’s through this lens that you view the world, which causes you to suffer.
So Ego death is the experience of effectively “not identifying” with that illusion fully, and experiencing life as what you truly are – simply the awareness of the experience.
By the way – this isn’t some woo woo shit, this is widely accepted in the psychology community.
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