The ' person ' (ego)...

The person is a very small thing.

Actually it is a
composite, it cannot be said to exist by itself.

Unperceived, it is just not there.

It is but the shadow of
the mind, the sum total of memories.

Pure being is
reflected in the mirror of the mind, as knowing.

What is
known takes the shape of a person, based on memory
and habit.

It is but a shadow, or a projection of the
knower onto the screen of the mind.


-Nisargadatta Maharaj