Aptavani 01

Author(s): Dada Bhagwan
Publisher: Dada Bhagwan Foundation

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The Poison Of Ego
attribute? Pity is an attribute of duality. Duality means that if a person has pity within him, he will inevitably also have its opposing quality, cruelty at the other end. This attribute becomes apparent only when it surfaces and when it does, he will destroy everything around him. He will make all kinds of dealings. He will even forsake his home, his wife and children. The whole world is immersed in duality. Until you acquire a state of nonduality, pity is a praiseworthy quality of this world because it is the foundation for the good of the world. But maintaining pity is for your own safe side and not God's. Those who go around feeling pity for others deserve pity themselves. Why don't you pity your own self? Why do you go out worrying about others? Some ascetics show pity towards worldly people : 'What will become of these people?' You foolish men! Whatever is going to happen to those people, will happen, but who are you to take pity on them? What will become of you? Why are you concerned about others when your own problems have not been resolved? This is nothing but dangerous intoxication of ego. An ordinary worldly person's intoxication will diminish within hours of waiting in a line to buy oil or sugar, but how will the intoxication of these ascetics ever diminish? On the contrary it will continue to increase. The Lord has said that those who are free of such intoxication will achieve liberation. Intoxication is the most dangerous subtle ego: it will make you suffer tremendously. Even an ordinary person can point out your gross ego. You will find someone or other who will ask you why you walk around with an inflated chest and will tell you to be humble. This will make you humble. But the intoxication of the subtle ego of: 'I am somebody. I have achieved something. I know something'- will never go away. What is the definition of knowledge? True knowledge is the light of the Self. Can one stumble in the presence of light? How can people claim to have knowledge when they stumble every step of the way? What right does one have to feel pity for others when he himself is in
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.