“The miracle is not to walk on water. The miracle is to walk on the earth.”
— Thich Nhat Hanh, The Miracle of Mindfulness
Step Ten returns us to the ordinary. The ego often prefers dramatic transformation — a clear before and after, a sense that we have finally arrived. But the spiritual life does not always unfold that way. It tends to reveal itself in the texture of daily living: conversations, traffic, fatigue, familiar relationships. This is often where self-will quietly reasserts itself, not as rebellion, but as habit.
The miracle may not be that we no longer struggle. The miracle might be that we begin to notice. We catch the tightening before it fully hardens. We see the defensiveness without immediately building a case around it. We feel the urge to control and choose, perhaps only slightly, to soften instead. This is not perfection; it is participation. Each small moment of awareness can become a return to humility and compassion.
Step Ten teaches us that awakening is not escape from the earth, but deeper presence within it. The sacred isn’t elsewhere. It is here — in the steady practice of walking gently on the ground we are given.
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.
