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RAMAKRISHNA ANANDA

The Ego Stick

Discover the key to softening the ego

The ego is our sense of self which often comes from a false, inaccurate level of awareness. Our unenlightened ego separates us from others, acting like a barrier. Explore the practice of humility, a necessity on the spiritual path. Discover what it is like to move from an ego focus to a soul perspective.

First Steps, Ego

Moving from Ego to Soul

If you want any degree of spiritual experience and wish to eventually abide in Spirit consciously and continuously, you need to become humble. When you move from ego to soul, you don’t lose your true identity, you find it. You gain a realization of who you really are. You then strive to center from this awareness. Humility is not a defenseless state but one of discovering and expressing your true nature.

  • The ego is the false sense of self which brings about confusion and delusion
  • Sri Ramakrishna used the term ego stick describing how the ego separates us from others
  • Many people wield ego sticks of control and self-importance
  • Humility is a virtue in life and also on the spiritual path
  • To abide in Spirit, one needs to release and transform the ego
  • When we move from ego to soul, we discover who we truly are

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