Pearls of Wisdom

Ego And Self From A Different Angle

Ego is that something, which has two aspects - the positive and the negative. The creativity in you - are the results of ego. At the same time, when you break down communication, when you isolate yourself, when you're in tears, when you're stressed - that is also ego. We do not know about the ego, and so we don't pay much attention to it. But just 2-3 facts, awareness of how ego works !

The self - the basis of life! You can call it the spirit, the soul, consciousness, the source of the mind - anything. It is that something, which doesn't change in one's whole life. After discovering about all these levels, what is left is the Self.

Everything is changing, isn't it? Do you notice this?

Just look at yourself in the mirror and then look at your picture taken a few months or a few years ago. Isn't there a big difference?

Your body is changing, your thoughts are changing, the mind is changing, emotions are changing, situations are changing... But still you feel there is something in me which is not changing. So that something which is the basis of all change, that something through which you notice the change is the self - the atma, the spirit. It is the most amazing aspect of our lives. Just a glimpse of it, a dip into your spirit energizes our whole system - and that is what meditation is.

Spirituality is the skill of nurturing, purifying and blossoming one's all levels of existence.