Ananda SutrasChapter 15 of 57
Chapter 15

Ego

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Ego

  1. Ego is the feeling of separateness from God.
  2. Any esteem you hold of yourself except that you are God, is an expression of your ego.
  3. Sympathy is an ego booster - for the person giving it and the one talking it.
  4. Peer pressure is just a big ego game. It does not help your growth in any way.
  5. Seriousness is paying undue importance to something, at the cost of everything else.
  6. Seriousness kills spontaneity. Seriousness destroys creativity.
  7. When you are free from ego, you will act with freedom and courage.
  8. Using your wrong personality in the wrong place is what we call ego.
  9. The ultimate happens when you drop your ego.
  10. Nobody is a threat for you, and you are not a threat to anybody.