Ego's Rowboat
"The ego has you see yourself as a drop of water on its rowboat. You are in the middle of the ocean and the ego continually tells you that you do not belong in the ocean. You can see and feel the ocean and something within tells you that it is there you belong. But the ego tells you that if you jump into the ocean you will drown. It tells you that as long as you are with the ego you will be safe. So day-by-day, you move back and forth on the ego's rowboat. You feel a small sense of safety but also of limitation, separation and loneliness and the ego has you blame the ocean for this. It tells you that it is because of the ocean that you feel limited, separate and alone and you buy into it because you believe that you and the ego are literally in the same boat. My friend, there is a natural pull you feel toward this ocean, but you can reject its pull if that is your choice. Yet your current rejection of it does not stop it from calling you home."
James Blanchard Cisneros,
You Have Chosen to Remember: A Journey From Perception to Knowledge, Peace of Mind and Joy, p. 34