“There is something in every one of you that waits and listens for the sound of the genuine in yourself.”
— Howard Thurman
Step Four invites a different kind of looking. Not a sharp, corrective gaze, but a listening attention. Beneath the roles we play and the stories we repeat, there is something quieter that knows when we’re being true and when we’re protecting ourselves.
This step isn’t about cataloging faults or fixing what we find. It’s about noticing patterns with curiosity rather than condemnation. As we look honestly, we may begin to sense what is genuine beneath what has been rehearsed—and allow that deeper knowing to guide what comes next.
Egos Anonymous is offered in an experimental spirit—an invitation to see whether there’s interest in a shared way of working with ego, self-will, and control. The language, structure, and practices are still forming and are meant to grow through lived experience.
This is a soft launch. The hope is to eventually gather a year of reflections into a book, but for now they’re simply being shared—one day at a time—to see what resonates.
If something feels useful, confusing, incomplete, or off, feedback is welcome and genuinely appreciated. This work is meant to be shaped together.
