Observe the Ego and Transcend a Fragmented World
Why do human beings continue to suffer, fight, and remain divided from one another?
Comparison and the need for approval on social media, bullying and workplace harassment, dependence on AI, nationalism, conspiracy theories, and political and religious conflict-
At the root of the many problems that pervade contemporary society lies a common structure: the division created by the ego.
Taking the thought of J. Krishnamurti, one of the twentieth century's most influential spiritual philosophers, as a point of departure, this book examines the nature of the "ego" that binds us and explores the possibility of a new kind of human being capable of transcending our fragmented world.
Five Questions Reexamined in This Book
What is the "ego"?
What transformation in perception occurs when we observe the ego?
What new kind of human relationship becomes possible beyond the ego?
How are "emptiness" and "creation" connected?
What kind of "new human being" can create a "new world"?
Beginning with concrete problems of life in the twenty-first century, this book explores these questions one by one over the course of twenty-one chapters.
Observe the ego and see things as they are.
Live what is.
And move beyond the division created by the ego.
Go beyond the "I" and live as the world.
For those who have found no answers in established religions or conventional teachings on awakening.
For those who feel suffocated by social media and today's information-saturated society.
And for those who have begun to ask, "What does it truly mean to live freely?"
A new way of seeing the world begins here.
The book also includes ten photographs by the author, capturing scenes from everyday life. Each enters into dialogue with the text, inviting readers to see the ordinary with new eyes.