“Attention is the beginning of devotion.”
— Mary Catherine Bateson, Composing a Life
Self-will often keeps us scanning for what needs fixing. Attention, in that mode, becomes vigilance. We monitor ourselves, rehearse conversations, anticipate outcomes. It can feel like responsibility.
But there is another kind of attention—quieter, less defensive. The kind that notices without tightening. The kind that stays with what is here rather than trying to rearrange it. When we bring that kind of attention to our own reactions, to another person’s words, or to a moment of beauty, something changes. We are no longer managing. We are participating.
Devotion does not have to look dramatic. It may begin as simple presence. Staying with what is real. Letting experience unfold without rushing to improve it. In that steady attention, Love becomes less abstract. It becomes something we practice with our eyes, our listening, our breath.
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.
