THE EGO IS PART OF THE MIRAGE

Over the millennia and around the world, great saints, sages’ prophets have purportedly appeared on earth to establish extraordinary and universal philosophies that have made an impact upon the human psyche and upon life in general. According to the stories, these distinguished spiritualists have sprung up seemingly from the earth itself, or from the cosmos, with apparently original ideas that inspire thousands and cause these outstanding thinkers to be placed upon pedestals and worshiped as gods.

The idea of god propagated by religion is based on the ego. The ego is reality within the false reality.  deeper self-search  reveals the fact that , the whole waking experience,  which contains man, ego and the world  is mere mirage on the standpoint of the soul, which is the true self. Thus, ego is part of the mirage.

If one is atheistically prone and do not enjoy discussions of self-knowledge is not fit for pursuit of truth. People are interested in only reading, listening and discussing the colorful mythological stories consider them as tool to reach god, because to imagine it is easy, and verifying the fact is difficult task.

Most people enjoy the mystical subjects.  The notion of God will not disappear from the human psyche very easily without verifying the validity of their own existence.

The ego is the false identity with in the false experience. Until one becomes aware of the fact, that the ‘I’ is not the self but ‘I’ is the whole experience of the Waking or dream.  The physical body, ego and the world are within the waking or  dream. The physical body ego and the world cease to exist without the waking or dream. The ego dominates within the waking or dream. one  cannot drop the ego alone because the body, ego and the world appear together as waking or dream (matter) and disappear together as deep sleep (spirit). Therefore, it is very much necessary to realize the fact that the ‘I’ is not the self but ‘I’ is whole experience of Waking or dream.

Another aid, which is derived from Yoga practice, is that it temporarily suppresses ego. Such suppression helps very little to arrive at Truth. What the Yogi does not understand is that while he talks of experiencing bliss in trance, he reveals the presence of an ego who is the experiencer. To transcend bliss and to transcend trance, one must have gone into, through and out of Yoga.

Seeker of truth is obliged to think because he wants to get rid of ignorance. The root of all ignorance is not ego but the whole experience of duality ,which appears as waking or dream or universe. All the egocentric paths and practices are on not of any use in pursuit of truth. Only deeper self-search helps the destruction of ignorance. Causality is only a fib.

Unless seeker gives is egocentric accumulated knowledge   and with great humility accepts thread the path of reason , he is sure to succeed in acquiring non dual wisdom. He has to know that the physical body, ego and the world are within his mind like everything else and not vice versa, he cannot understand the non-dual truth. Thus, there is need for perfect understanding what is what.

 If one is ‘egocentric’ then he is unfit for the pursuit of truth.  One has to be receptive not judgmental with egocentric accumulated knowledge. When there is egocentric knowledge, then there is no non dual Wisdom.  Seeker has to mentally rectify his seeking base, from ‘I’ [form] base to ‘I’-less [formless] base in order to understand and assimilate the self-knowledge.  

It is impossible to get rid of the ego alone without properly understanding what ego is. The ego appears within the waking or dream. Thus, the waking or dream contains the physical body, ego, and the world.   Thus, it is erroneous to seek truth on the base of ego, which is the false entity within the false experience. Thus there is a need to know the fact that the mind or ’I’  is not limited to the physical body but mind or ’I’  is the whole experience of waking or dream. 

  Mind or ’I’ is in the form of universe. And universe appears as waking or dream [matter] and disappears as deep sleep [spirit].  Therefore, there is a need to analyze the three states in order to trace the formless witness of the three states.  The formless soul, which is in the form of consciousness, is the innermost self.  Consciousness is permanent and eternal.  No second thing can exist without the consciousness.

 The higher truth will not reveal unless the base of seeking is rectified from base of ego to the base of the soul. This has to be dome mentally by deeper thinking, inquiring, analyzing and reasoning.  Without rectifying, the seeking base seeker will not be able to separate the truth from the untruth mentally.  The ego keep one in the grip of duality thus he will not be able to think of the beyond without understanding what the mind is and what the substance of the mind is.

When one cannot see the unreality of the ego, and that ego is part of the part of the mirage, which appears and disappears as waking or dream [‘I’]   he is unripe to grasp the non-dual truth. Egocentricity is the common psychological state of human nature whereas selfishness is the common ethical state of human nature. The two should not be confused.