How do you know if you are making progress in transcending the ego?
The ego is a nosy attention seeking animal.
so you can measure the degree of progress by the amount of silence in the mind.
The more silence the more peace and tranquility.
The mind then is much more clear and is sharp when you need to process something.
There is a higher quality.
Judgment of others and situations decrease, there is an acceptance.
It is as it is, if action is required it will be quality action and effective.
The mind becomes more silent through meditation and surrendering personal will to God,
It is easy to get pulled out of the NOW and into the hypothetical, the what if.
Eventually that is countered by "So what!!!!" or "I dont mind" a famous statement by Krishna Murthy (cant spell)
When you dont mind marvelous things happen, action happens but there is no concern for out come, Its out with our control anyway. We can give it our best shot but thats all we can do. ego will try and force an out come, a sure way to friction and misery.
Eckhart says "There are two ways of becoming unhappy,
One --------not getting what you want
Two -----------getting what you want"
Chris