Parallels between Jed McKenna and the Untethered Soul... aka letting your ego die

[zenviolet]

The philosophies both involve giving up the ego, essentially “dying” to egoic life, and flowing with what the universe presents you.

Has anyone actually tried this, and are there any other books about it?

Even in a Ram Dass book I’ve read about “grinding down the wheel” or letting it spin itself out... like not engaging with any more karma, being aware of your emotions, opening up all the resistance like windows. Just pure awareness, not being led to action by thoughts any longer. I managed to do this for about three months and it was definitely the closest thing to enlightenment I ever felt. Everything felt intensely intimate, from doing the dishes to tying up my boots. Everything was as clear as a bell, but I fell back into old habits.

Are there any other books like this, that speak of what happens when you (your ego) lets go of the wheel?