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ignorance of his real Self?
The Poison Of Ego
When the ego rises after having attained or accomplished
something, beware. Your downfall is inevitable. If the mahatmas’
ego gets inflated about having acquired this Knowledge, they
will not fall because of ‘Dada’ presence, but their knowledge
will become veiled. If one’s ego arises because his divine
powers have blossomed, he will fall as low as he became
elevated. Things happen because of divine powers and he
claims to be the doer; this ego will take him to a world of
lower life form. If he were to abuse his divine powers, he will
reincarnate in a lower life form. Egoism of one’s divinity results
in a life in hell.
In children the ego is in a dormant state. They too have
an ego but it is in a compressed form. As the child grows, the
ego expresses. A child will only grow up to be good and wise
if the negative ego in a child is not nurtured. If you don’t support
a child’s negative ego, he will grow up to be a beautiful and a
cultured being.
Do not become entangled in relationships with the people
of this world. They are in search of something to feed their ego,
and if you do not want to get involved, then feed their ego and
move on otherwise you will encounter obstruction in the path to
liberation. An egoistic person will continue to worsen the
complications arising out of the ego. Such people are unlikely
to have problems with greed.
People with ability to think critically and have the ability
to understand are considered cultured. These cultured people
have a lot of poison of the ego. The poison of attachment (of
my-ness) also obstructs them. One can become free from
attachment but it is not possible to become free from the ego.