Befriending Self
Many of us believe we need to get rid of the self or ego; that we need to destroy it to be free. But who is getting rid of or destroying? That's right, just another side of self, more ego. But what if we allowed the sense of self to run wild and free in the space of awareness. Instead of fighting this experience of self we simply befriend it. Our sense of self can even be useful in our process of being more fully present and alive. So the self can become part of our flow of experience until it's of no use, then it naturally dissolves on its own. The same way a rain cloud dissolves after its watered the land.