What is it like to be living with no ego?
Weird. Don’t listen to those who say it’s not possible or you won’t know it. I thought so, too. It is possible and you will know it. It’s just supremely weird.
Peaceful, blissful, joyful, yes. But all that can also be found in Buddhahood, which still carries a subtle hint of ego.
The total egolessness is characterized by complete inability to see falsehoods in people. So anything anyone says about themselves, me, or any other person is completely true to me, automatically, as a matter of their current perspective. I do not see falsehoods, I only see truth. I see all people in all stages of their spiritual journey and they tell me openly and truthfully about where they are based on what they see, whether they are talking about ego, soul, spirit, dreaming, consciousness, fearlessness, infinity or immortality. I see none of these things. They sometimes try to persuade me that I don’t understand them, but from my perspective, they are all telling me the truth about what they are yet to unsee.
And the only thing that another person with no ego can tell me about himself, spiritually speaking, is “Could you pass some salt please?”
So just like I cannot see myself, I cannot see other people with no egos. Egolessness is invisible, only egos are visible, and only when they announce themselves. If they don’t announce themselves, I cannot see them also.
I cannot “feel” or “intuit” anything about other people. All people are egoless to me until the moment they say “here’s my ego, take a look”, but of course, in their own words.
So until people start talking about their inner world (which includes spirituality), I have no idea. When they speak about the outer world, I see no ego. For example, if they say they want to earn a lot of money (outer world), I see no ego. If they say they think it will make them happier (inner world), I do. If they say they hate it when their husband leaves his socks everywhere (outer world), I see no ego. If they say how mad it makes them feel (inner world), I do. If they say they want to achieve something (outer world), I see no ego. If they say they’re afraid to end up being a failure (inner world), I do.
Similarly, nothing “resonates”. Everything people say is true to me in the absolute sense, there are no degrees of truth, no gray areas.
If someone calls me a narcissist or an asshole, or points at some supposed “flaw” in me, it is absolutely true for them, at this moment, so I don’t question it. I can apologize, I can ignore, I can agree or I can tease them. It mostly depends on the situation. If we are working together and I need their cooperation, I will apologize and try to adjust my behavior to their needs. If I’m helping them spiritually, I can either agree or tease them, both of which will make them even more displeased with me, which is great spiritual work for them. In most other cases, it makes most sense to ignore.
In other words, somewhat bizarrely, no one is capable of telling me something personal either about them or myself which I have any grounds to disagree with. Factually - yes. Tell me cars run on water, or similar nonsense, and it will be nonsense to me. But personally or spiritually - no. There’s no nonsense, never.