' Thought pretends to be you '...

Some teachings call the impostor self ego.

Other teachings call the impostor self mind.

The term impostor self is a better term than ego
because the word ego has so many different definitions.

Psychology defines ego in one way,
the dictionary defines ego in another way
and these definitions are not the same as
what the awakened sages mean by the word ego.


The impostor self is thought.

The impostor self is the words in your mind.

Those words of the language or languages
you are fluent in came from outside of you.

That is why you cannot speak fluently
in one hundred languages,
because language comes from the outside.

You existed before you learned the languages
you now think in.

Therefore you are not thought.

However, thought pretends to be you.



The above quotes are from the introduction to the book
The Seven Steps to Awakening.