Will the ego let go of the ego? || Acharya Prashant, with youth (2014)

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Will the ego let go of the ego? || Acharya Prashant, with youth (2014)

Speaker: Have you tried seeing whether the different activities are in agreement with each other? Have you tried seeing whether the video that you watch are in the agreement with the activities? Is everything gelling together or are things contradictory to each other? You must find contradictions because there are contradictions.

Listener 1: Sir, is it always necessary to let go of your ego?

Speaker: Necessary for whom?

Listeners(everyone): For us.

Speaker: ‘Us’ is whom? ‘Us’ is intelligence or ‘Us’ is ego? You are saying ‘is it really necessary for ‘me’ to let go of the ego?’. I am asking, who is this ‘me’ that is talking?

Listener 2: In a situation…

Speaker: In any situation, who is talking? You are not one. You are two.

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