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PATH OF GRACE
path. I have and I am sure serious sadhakas here also have their own descriptions of the Ego we have confronted in the path and in our unfoldment. Their subtleties arise and come to consciousness as impediments during the day to day transactions, during meditations and to a large extent in our dreams. In all these realms the experiences are intense relating to Ego shakes our roots and brings to awareness the ignoble mistakes and follies that formed various coverings over basic ‘Identity’. What I attempt to present here is only a sketchy attempt to trace the various stages of Egoism we have. The topic is not the old conventional and traditional Ego which is another word for ‘pride’ and ‘arrogance’. The Ego we are considering is related to the realm of possessiveness involving ‘me’, ‘mine’, ‘we’ and ‘our’. From these states of possessiveness we discover it is all ‘His’ in every sense of the term. The problem continues even at higher stages and so long as the Jiva is there some residual Ego will be there.
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