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RINGS OF EGOISM
Though totally out of context yet I thought it necessary to point out a report I heard in the past two days or so, that in a particular Mutt at the famous pilgrim centre Madurai in Tamil Nadu, the Head of the Mutt chose his successor and very soon has withdrawn that status. This led to litigation and quarrel. That is the non-possessiveness of the renounced! I mention this only to caution how much we cling to things and statuses.
These rings Egoism are in the heart and mind regions and the last ring is very near the Central region.
1. Master says ‖ The idea of egoism starts from the body. When you do anything under this influence you feel the solidity of things with the idea that you (body) do anything under this influence, you feel the solidity of things with the idea that you (body) are doing it. This is the lowest or the crudest form of egoism. In this stage the eye of a person is located on his body. He sees and feels the body to be the doer and does not go beyond it. He has no Idea of any thing else except the physical body. This is the
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