Ego self recognizes

Posted by: Prof Ilchi Lee

Once you pass this stage, the farmer (your True Self) can direct you by his voice alone, without having to pull on the rope. You have developed a mechanism to control your greed and appetites. You feel the old urges, but you know how to control them without needing someone else’s help.

Prof Lee writes soon, the farmer can direct you without even a word. He just plays his flute as he rides along, and you know where to go automatically. It is at this stage that you can see the farmer clearly and the farmer sees you. There is harmony to the relationship. Your ego-self recognizes your True Self.

In the last stage, there is no cow. Only the farmer is left. Only your True Self stands alone, because you have learned to shed your layers of greed and appetites. At this point, there is no need for a cow (your ego). Your own feet can carry you to wherever you wish.

Which of the two do you have more of in you;1 The cow or the farmer? In many of us, the cow is stronger and is dragging the farmer around, wandering all over the Held.