Probing inside, I came Seeking the moon within me: Sifting the chaff from the grain. I went seeking The Like, Alike, Thou art Narayan. Thou art Narayan, then, Why this will-of-the-wisp?
~ Saint Lalleshwari
Question: Acharya Ji, Why do I have ego?
Acharya Prashant: Do not ask why does the ‘below the wisp’ or the ego or your personal center still exist. If you will ask why does it exist? The answer is your birth. It exists because you do.
When was the ego born? When I was born. As long as you keep taking yourself as the born one, as the one who took birth one day and going to die one day. The ego is definitely gong to remain.
So, if Parmeshwari (Questioner) asks, “Why do I have ego?” Do you see what comes before the ego?
Listeners: “I.”
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