A great silent space holds all of nature in its embrace. It also holds you.
The more suffering you create, the more suffering comes to you.
Become intensely conscious of the present moment.
Life isn't as serious as the mind makes it out to be.
The animals are at a level prior to thinking. They haven't lost themselves in thought. We rise above thinking and then we meet them again, where we're both in no-thought. There's a deep connection.
Ego means self-identification with thinking, to be trapped in thought, which means to have a mental image of "me" based on thought and emotions. So ego is there in the absence of a witnessing presence.