In the present the eternal stays, the rest all drops out.

The only way one can really understand what we are is by knowing yourself.

So there is nothing to be proud of these worldly possessions. What you are to be proud of, or to be conscious of is your spirit. Spirit is the only thing that can kindle another spirit.

If one introspects and says with humility of heart: "I do not yet know the truth, but I have to find it" , then in time this humility may be rewarded and one may achieve one's ascent. If this happens, the persons attention comes into the center, neither on the left, nor on the right. That is, neither dominated by his conditionings from the past nor the orientations of his ambitious ego. Such a balanced person is very well suited for Self Realization, by which he will know the truth in its absolute form.

And for ego, to accept that you have ego is the only way and then it will drop out. If you know there is ego, ego will drop out.

To achieve your ethereal state, you have to expand your thoughtless awareness.

Change according to the Spirit all your priorities, and then joy is your own.