Egohood is the state of mind in which you are either repelled or attracted to the phenomenal world. What you would like to see depends on your mentality, on what you think is desirable in order to maintain your “I am-ness,” your “me-ness.”

Chögyam Trungpa

from the book The Heart of the Buddha: Entering the Tibetan Buddhist Path

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