Have you ever wondered what it would be like to know your true self? To be free of emotional vicissitude? Or maybe you would simply like to be better at whatever you're already doing?

Ego dissolution offers a path. It's something I uncovered totally by accident. But I'm not alone. The Buddha and the Christ dissolved their egos. Ego dissolution needn't be spiritual however, I'm as far as you can get from spiritual. My understanding of ego dissolution is rooted in neurology.

If you're interested in learning more I recommend starting with Zen and the Art of Archery, it's very short and highly readable (it took me two hours but I was writing notes, which isn't necessary). It will introduce you to the subject.

Next, read Your Brain at Work. It's an excellent book with effective applied techniques for improving motivation and efficiency, based on studies in neurology. It should be read merely for its intrinsic worth but it will also give you the background knowledge necessary to understand the source of ego (the default brain of narration) and the path to ego dissolution (a strong director brain rooted in the sensory-somatic).

Finally, read A New Earth. The author is pandering to the unversed American public (it was on Oprah's bookclub) and so my suggestion is inspite of that. This book will help you understand what you are. You are not your thoughts. You are not your accumulated allegiances and inclinations. You are not the narrator in your brain.

When Descartes said "I think, therefore I am," he was only half right. He is the awareness behind those thoughts, much as you are the awareness behind what you hear, what you see and what the ego thinks. The ego is ephemeral and that's why it struggles to attach itself to whatever it can (relationships, emotions, preferences, and on, and on). The ego is always dying and so it seeks to persist through attachment. Lao Tzu said "attachment is the root of all suffering." He was right, but he conspicuously failed to mention that ego is the source of all attachment. And the source of ego? That is weak control over the narrator of the brain and a subservient director.

Join me on the path to enlightenment. Once the journey is complete you will no longer want or desire corporeal pleasure, but you will have it - in leaps and bounds.