Q) How Is Ego An Obstacle For Enlightenment?

A) The idea that ego is an obstacle for enlightenment is the only obstacle. If you search deeply, the ego is not there at all. It is our idea that something called ego is there and that it is attacking you. It is almost like a ghost that is not there but you start thinking it is.

You should understand this one important thing. All negative things have got power; they have got only one power, which is your faith in them, that's all. Whether it is your depression or low energy or ego or ghost, witchcraft, black magic, anything, they have only one power, which is your faith in them. They have no other power. Be very clear, they are like shadows. The more you run, the more they will be following you. If you just stop and look into them, look at what they are. You will realize they are nothing, that they are just your shadow. Have a little intelligence to stop and look. You will see they are nothing; you will simply see they are nothing.