EGO AND AWARENESS- DEEPER GRASP OF IT.

Can I be aware  of my greed,  of my envy,  from moment to moment?  These feelings are expressions of the 'me', of the self, are they not?  The self is still the self at any level you may place it; whether it is the higher self or the lower self, it is still within the field of thought.  And can I be aware of these things as they arise from moment to moment? Can I discover for myself the activities of my ego when I am eating, talking at table, when I am playing, when I am listening, when I am with a group of people?  Can I be aware  of the accumulated resentments,  of the desire to impress,  to be somebody?  Can I discover that I am greedy and be aware of my condemnation of greed? The very word greed is a condemnation, is it not? To be aware of greed is also to be aware of the desire to be free from it and to see why one wants to be free from it, the whole process.  This is not a very complicated procedure; one can immediately grasp the whole significance of it.  So one begins to understand from moment to moment  this constant growth of the 'me',  with its self-importance,  its self-projected activities,  which is basically, fundamentally, the cause of fear.  But you cannot take action to get rid of the cause;  all you can do is to be aware of it.  The moment you want to be free from the ego, that very desire is also part of the ego, so you have a constant battle in the ego over two desirable things, between the part that wants and the part that does not. -  The Collected Works, Vol. VII",326,Choiceless Awareness BLOG DATE 2 NOV.2012