What is Ego? = real surrender

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Ammachi, GeorgeSon <leokomor> wrote:

> ......

> The ego consists of our thoughts and our mind. Our

> thoughts are our own creation. We make them real by

> cooperating with them. If we withdraw our support,

> they will dissolve. We simply have to observe our

> thoughts. The clouds in the sky assume different

> shapes, and they change constantly. You may see clouds

> drifting by that look like faces of the gods or

> different animals or sailing ships. A small child may

> believe that these shapes are real, but, of course,

> they are only illusions. In the same way, our ever

> changing thoughts drift through the mind, which is the

> ego. They assume different forms, but they are no more

> real than the shape of a cloud in the sky. If we

> simply witness our thoughts as they drift by, they

> will no longer have any effect on us or influence us

> in any way.

> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

 

"In spirituality, the seeker renounces all that he has to the

Supreme Principle, God.  All that one can claim as one's own, all

the attachments and aversions one has are the product of one's ego. 

They can also be referred to as vasanas or accumulated tendencies. 

All these things which we claim as our own do not, in fact, belong

to us since we have no control over them.  Reputation, fame,

position, our homes, wives, husbands, children - none of these can

stay with us permanently.  We may have such things now, but who

knows what is going to happen the next moment?  But this is not the

case with the accumulated tendencies, with the ego.  The ego is our

own.  It belongs to us.  Nobody else can claim it.  Therefore, real

self-surrender is surrendering or renouncing one's ego at the feet

of the Supreme Self."  - Ammachi, Awaken Children, Vol.4, p63 (0071)

 

 

 

 

 

Aum Amriteswarayai Namaha!

 

 

 

 

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