Many of the tools for surrendering to ego death are simple. They include:

• Staying as awareness
• Journaling
• Meditation
• Breathing through difficulty and more.

These tools help to calm the heart, body, and mind when so much is dissolving away and the ego is triggering the fight-or-flight system. These tools also help to prepare the mind to do self-inquiry.

Dissolving into Pure Consciousness

The act of self-inquiry is part of what the conscious ego most needs to do. It needs to help find attachments as a means of surrendering them. This re-training of the mind is particularly important in the early years after awakening. Later on, the intellectual part of self-inquiry is less important.

Facing Your Ego’s Death – Spiritual Awakening Process