Condemnation of the Ego

Ø Condemnation  of the  Ego(298-309)

Ø  As long as there   is any  relationship with this vile ego ,so long there should not be  even the slightest talk about liberation, which  is unparalleled(299) As long as  there  is even a  trace of poison  left in  the  body,how can one hope for complete   recovery? Such   is   the  effect of ego-sense upon the  meditator’s liberation(303)

Ø  Freed    from  the shackle sof   the   ego, like the moon freed from the eclipse, man  gains his true nature and becomes Untainted, Infinite,Ever-blissful and Self- (300)

Ø  The   ego is that which   has been produced  by the intellect, which is deluded by  “nescience” and  which is perceived  in this body as”I  am-so-and-so”…when the ego-sense is totally annihilated, one attains an unobstructed identity with Brahman(301)

Ø  The    treasure  of  the Bliss-of-Brahman is enwrapped by   the  mighty and dreadful serpent of   the ego-sense,   and jealously   guarded   for  its  ,  by   the  three  fierce hoods,  the three  Gunas(Tamsa,  Rajas  and  Sattwa).The   wise man   who destroys  it  by severing the three hoods with   the   great   sword of Realisation,  in  accordance    with  the   teachings of  the scriptures,  alone can   enjoy   this   treasure which  brings Bliss(302)

Ø  By   the  complete cessation of the ego-sense,  gained  by  restraining  the diverse mental  waves, created by  the ego itself,  and   through  the discrimination  of the Innermost reality, one experiences  Reality as “I  am This”(304)

Ø  Renounce immediately your identification with the  ego-sense,” the sense of agency” which is by  its very   nature a modification  and  is  lit up by  a “reflection” of the  Self.  It   deviates   one from being   established   in   the   Self.  Identifying   yourself  with  this (false   sense),   you have  reached    this   relative-existence,  full of the  miseries   of the birth, decay, death ,--  although  you    are  the Witness,  the  Essence of Knowledge-Bliss-Absolute(305)

Ø   But   for Your identification  with   the ego-sense there   is   no transmigration  for   You, who  are  Immutable and  Eternally  the  Same, Knowledge   Absolute, Omni-present, Bliss-Absolute  and   of unsullied glory(306)

Ø  Therefore, with   the   great   sword of  Realisation, destroying   this  ego-sense,  your enemy—which   is like  a   thorn  in  the  throat   ofa  man who is eating-  enjoy  directly  and freely   of Your   own  Domain,  the Majesty of the  Atman.(307)

Ø  Even  though completely  rooted out,  this  terrible  ego-sense, if   revived   in  the  mind even   for a moment,  returns   to life  and  creates hundreds   of mischiefs,  like a cloud  ushered in by the wind during the rainy   season(309)

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