“We are not isolated minds on a pale blue dot—we are the universe, waking up through itself.”

(Inspired by Carl Sagan)

It is easy to feel separate. A mind inside a body, navigating a fragile world, trying to secure a place in it. Self-will grows strong in that story. If everything depends on us, vigilance feels necessary. Control feels responsible.

But sometimes the sense of separateness softens. Breath happens without effort. The earth turns. Life unfolds. Awareness is here—not manufactured, but given. What if we are not outside of life, managing it from a distance, but expressions of it? The need to defend our place begins to loosen when we sense that we already belong to the whole.


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.

Wendy Etter

Wendy Etter is a graphic designer living in Portland, OR.

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