EGO AND LOVE

WHERE EGO WINS - LOVE LOSES!
WHEN LOVE STEPS IN EGO VANISHES!

Man is made up of emotions without which he may never become a living being. Emotions have their roots embedded in desire. Without desire one does not do any action. When this desire is not fulfilled he becomes frustrated or turns hostile; or if the desire is satisfied he becomes attached to the same and cannot detach himself from the same.

Thus, when his desire is fulfilled he becomes proud and then slowly segregates himself even from the one's he loves. This is where pride steps in. Now, he prefers to acquire more and more of the same want and he becomes greedy. When greed takes over one does everything to satisfy the ahamkara(EGO); that blinds one from knowing the true Self.

Ego is the bridge which we build out of illusions and segregation, elevating oneself above others paves way for hatred and restricts us from loving each other.

PRIDE LEADS TO DOWNFALL
HUMILITY CONQUERS THE WORLD

A free soul is always ready to love the other and has the positive aspects of mercy, kindness, patience and has a magnetic influence on others. It has no selfish interests and is error free.

Association with such souls automatically gives peace to the group. The positive vibrations from this soul of higher values counteracts the negative energy vibrated from the other souls and is capable of influencing the weaker souls.

The ego is that aspect which separates us from God. It restricts our free and full flow of Divine Love towards one and all.The bridge which is built by Ego - bonded by illusions and segregation of oneself, elevates oneself is nothing but a magnification of the Egoistic concept in us.

Only pure LOVE without a selfish goal can destroy the emotions caused by Ego like fear, stress, anger, jealousy, sexual tension or frustration, varied emotional aspects on the mind.

We may claim that we belong to one of the aristocratic societies, the world's best cultures and traditions yet we cannot love the other souls without limitations. Truly, we are unable to love anyone because of our Ego which stands as a barrier.

Ego creates spiritual blockades in our journey of life and acts as stumbling block in our way to rise higher to become truly human in thoughts and actions. It is the false mental satisfaction one derives for a certain amount of time by performing acts which help him to be recognized as someone superior.

Has not our scriptures told us this Kathopanishad...

Those who are asamskruta, their buddhi does not perceive God. What we consider as intellect is mixed up with our samskara. Our buddhi or samskara is bribed by anger and that's the reason why sermons and good sayings don't enter the mind. Mind should be purified and intellect as sharp as a nail.

Take a piece of wood - plane it first - then to give it a shine - polish it. This is what should be done to the intellect to perceive God.

A man with riches, power, recognition, all this tend to give him a celebrity status, outwardly he may look satisfied but deep within him stands a being with the soul energy still hungry to find the answer for the big concept - "who am i ", never satisfied with the worldly pomp and show.

When this fire of thought gets kindled he starts searching the world to get it, ultimately he realizes that the answer lies not in the outside world, but hidden deep within himself. No amount of praises, awards, fame, wealth or anything can satisfy the thirst of the soul.

The only answer to find peace for any soul is when he starts to dissolve all the egoistic thoughts with precious pure LOVE and LOVE. This Love when given without any expectations is the energy of the SOUL and the most important truth of life.

This Love when shared with the world multiplies manifold, never runs bankrupt and is always everlasting. This is the Selfless Love, pure and cherishing. Love so sweet - Love so healing, experienced instantly by all true hearts and is the magnetic force.

Always strive hard to cultivate this Love with your mind and soul sincerely, without any reservations. This is divine Love of the Almighty which only the soul can perceive and beyond words to describe, yet when one follows it - he realizes the power and peace which fills his heart.

God is a power, absolute being can be felt by His attributes alone. He is not bound by any culture, tradition, time or religion. He is the soul energy of the physical and the spiritual realm.

Selfish love
Selfish love can never be termed as pure love, here we do aspire to ask for something in return from the person we Love. It is like a business for profit a mutual give and take policy. Any thought and feelings which is done just to derive something is nothing but selfish, that is the reason it has to break up after a certain period of time when the desired results are not met.

This selfish love breaks even families, marriages, and even nations and is the cause for major hostilities in this world. Fought in the name of religion, creed, and for many materialistic gains.

Segregated thoughts on religion, caste and the like only make our Ego satisfied. Ego kindles domination and intolerance, criticism lastly even snatches the freedom which is gifted by god to love all. This is where man turns into a beast and likes to wage wars and has no regard even for fellow human beings. He forget that he was born to serve but not to destroy.

God's Love is free and absolute, not binding this Universe with his will. He never forces us into something. His love is never restricting love but free love.
The true spirit of humanity lies in amicably accepting all the flaws that exists in this world, in different spheres of life within ourselves and among our loved ones and still continue to love them without any reservations.

Never plant a seed of segregation which branches into hatred and bears flowers of enmity. We become blind with our own feelings, thoughts of judging others and force it even on our loved ones to accept things we say, thus we make the other soul a victim of our rage and anger.

Love should flow from our heart like a spring of water - always everlasting - without any restrictions.

Has it not been said in the Bible - "Love your enemies and pray for those who prosecute you, that you may be son of your Father in the heaven" Mathews (5: 44).