The 4 Stages of Ego Death

Ego death is an undoubtedly powerful experience where you temporarily dissolve the ego to experience a purer state of consciousness void of duality.

There are a few main stages of ego death that we’re going to look at here.

1) Ego dissolution

Ego dissolution is a partial loss of self. This means that you disassociate from reality, but you’re still here. You still know that you’re alive. You can still think, you still remember who you are, and know that you’re a human living on Earth. But you’re not here completely. Once your ego is nearly dissolved, you will reach a point where you need to surrender to go deeper into the experience. This is where it gets really scary.

2) The surrender

Before leaving your body, you need to surrender to the experience as naturally, your ego is going to resist what it perceives to be death. If you’re able to surrender, your consciousness completely exits your body. You are at the complete mercy of the experience, without the ability to do anything besides experience.

3) Ego death

Ego death is the complete loss of self. You cease to exist, as does this realm of existence. Ego death is very different from sleep or a coma. During sleep or coma, you go into an unconscious state void of…