The more I practice letting go of ego/personal self, I find that the state of just "being" is more accessible and much preferred over anything that the ego could provide. In this state I feel calm, centered and much less concerned with egoic matters.
When I find it difficult to experience just "being" or presence it is usually because I am caught up in the annoying chatter of my neurotic roommate (Remember Michael Singer's idea of taking all of your thoughts and giving them to a person who follows you around all day long saying out loud the things that you are thinking?...that is the neurotic roommate.)
When this happens I find it helpful to accept what I am experiencing and let go of preferences for things to be different. I recognize that my neurotic roommate is telling me things that I do not have to listen to. I remind myself that she has no idea what she is talking about...but that my higher self knows Truth. This usually helps me to get unstuck and I am able to move back into presence by doing one of Loch Kelly's glimpse practices.
And once again I will have had a glimpse of the freedom, peace and clarity that come from letting go of attachment to the self and living from pure Being. How sweet it is!
