Ego

Posted By: Vasishta

Even before you were born, you were given a name. It is not uncommon for parents to search the internet, refer to books to find a name for that angel to be born. In other words, right from your birth, you were associated with an identity. The “I” in you becomes “I am” and “I am that” even before you were born. You were made into an “I am that.”

“I am that” is what gets manifested as Ego. As you move on through life, the branding and the label that gets tagged along come with its own set of characteristics. If you truly get attached to these characteristics, ego flares up. A spiritual soul cannot be attached to the spirituality of the soul. Otherwise, there is nothing spiritual about it other than being egotistical.

The thought that occurs in the mind that creates the distance from or towards the “self” is called “ego.” The measure of ego is how much you move away from the “self.” When you are closer to the “self,” you are the “I.” When you move farther away from the self, you are going towards the “I am.”

Ego is a thought that activates emotions that drive feelings, and an attitude that eventually shows externally in your behavior.

“I am that” starts at birth and chases us all our life. Childhood to adulthood and sometimes even after death, it follows us all along.

Ask yourself, “who are you?”

You do not need to get to the point where you can say you have killed your ego and proclaim that you are an egoless person. Proclaiming that is ego. Hence, there is no need to get rid of ego. It is there to be with you. The creation process brought ego into this world. What is needed though is the awareness and consciousness of ego and your true self. Become the seer that you are, and then control what is being seen and witnessed!