Anatman — Letting go of your ego

This is the key to the ability to overcome many of the little pains that plague your existence. Yet, it is incredibly hard to do.

The ego drives you to always want more, but this striving is also the cause of your suffering. You have an entrenched belief in your own fixed identity, where the ego becomes intertwined with your sense of “I am”.

Things are fluid. They change. You are not the same person you were a few years ago, and in the future, you won’t remain the same person as now. In this context, you will recognize that most things don’t really matter.