bondage

     When we accept the ego's notion of who we are, we have accepted the seeds of suffering.  When we believe we are a body and are separate from the rest of the universe, we must be in fear; of death, loneliness, failure and loss.  This fear, and the fruitless attempts to relieve it (as suggested by ego) is known as bondage.  As we begin to notice that the ego's voice in our head is not to be trusted, we withdraw our identification with it and begin to look elsewhere for the truth of our being.  This is the beginning of sanity.