"For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God." – Colossians 3:3
There is a moment on the path of spiritual awakening when the veil lifts—when the self we’ve known, the voice that narrates our days, is seen for what it is: an echo, a ghost, a dream. That voice—the ego—is not who we are. It is the mask we put on to survive the world. It feeds on fear, comparison, and control. It says, “I am what I do. I am what I own. I am what others think of me.” But none of that is true. And deep down, you know it.
This world, this play of forms, seems so real. We wake up, go to work, plan our futures, cling to identities, defend our opinions, and mourn what we lose. But the more we search for peace in this illusion, the more we suffer. That is because peace cannot exist where the ego reigns. The ego is noise. But the soul—your true self—is silence, presence, and eternity.
Jesus told us to die to ourselves. Not in death of the body, but death to illusion. When we "die" to the ego—its demands, its anxieties, its performances—we awaken to the indwelling presence of God. This is the soul’s reality. It is not fragile. It is not afraid. It is not in lack. It is not bound by time or story. It simply is.
You are not your past. You are not your trauma. You are not your achievements or failures. You are the awareness behind them all—the eternal watcher behind the thoughts, the spaciousness in which the storms of life appear and pass. You are the child of God, hidden in Christ, made of light and love.
This human life is a sacred dream—but a dream nonetheless. The pain, the joy, the striving, the identity—it all flickers and fades. But your soul? It remains. When you sit in silence, even for a breath, you feel it. That quiet stillness, that infinite now, is more real than anything this world can offer. That is the Kingdom within.
Prayer:
Lord, wake me from the dream of self. Let me see the ego not as an enemy, but as a veil to be gently lifted. Reveal the truth of who I am in You—beyond name, beyond fear, beyond time. Help me dwell in the awareness of my soul, and to live from that eternal center with grace, peace, and compassion. Amen.
