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Originally Posted by JustASimpleGuy

Exactly! And I'll tie it back to the ego-self. Treat it gently and with loving-kindness and compassion. After all, it's only human.

Another way to think of it and in the words of Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche (Tibetan Buddhist) is give Monkey Mind a job attending, but only a temporary job! LOL!

If it thinks it's a full-time job then one never truly escapes it and the Witness never truly reveals Itself. The observer is just a more subtle and benign version of the ego-self. It's the Observer Trap and is very common to meditation.

Excellent post

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