“Ultimately, we have just one moral duty: to reclaim large areas of peace in ourselves.”
— Etty Hillesum
Many of us were taught that our primary responsibility was to manage what happens outside of us—to fix, persuade, secure, anticipate. Peace felt secondary, almost indulgent. Self-will convinced us that vigilance was virtue and that letting down our guard was naïve.
But reclaiming peace is not withdrawal. It is not indifference. It is the quiet refusal to let fear run the interior of our lives. When we loosen our grip on what we cannot control, something steadier can begin to take shape. Peace does not mean circumstances have resolved. It means we are no longer asking our anxiety to hold the center. From that interior steadiness, our actions tend to become clearer, simpler, and less defensive.
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.
