ego: Hey Mike! What about lunch, aren’t you hungry?
Mike: Shhhh…can't you see I'm trying to meditate?
ego: oooh, sorry….Hey! wait a minute... if that’s true then why were you just thinking about your girlfriend from high school?
Mike: Good grief! I thought we went over this already? Don’t you remember what we were taught? Thoughts come and go and I have to just allow them to pass "like fallen leaves on a stream."
ego: Uh...okay, but I don’t think this hunger is gonna pass like leaves on a stream.
Mike: Damn! Why’ does it always have to be about you?
ego: But, Mike, I only have your best interests at heart.
Mike: Then let me meditate in peace. Don’t you realize I’m trying to awaken to my true nature?
ego: Oh, okay….but, how can you awaken to your “true nature” if you have to let it pass "like fallen leaves on a stream."
Mike: No! It’s the thoughts that pass like "fallen leaves on a stream," not my true nature. My true nature is the end of all thought.
ego: Ooooh! Okay, I get it…..but then….how will you know when it’s time to eat?
Mike: Well…Oh, I don’t know! That's not important! Why are you asking so many questions? I just need you to shut up and cooperate with these spiritual practices so I can start making some progress here.
ego: To get enlightened?
Mike: Yes! To get enlightened, dammit!
ego: Ok, I get it now….but….don’t you think we should we eat first and then get enlightened? I mean…if you stop thinking… we might starve!
Mike: (sigh) Ok, fine! Let’s eat first….
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