The Ego and its Termination – Meher Baba
The formation of the Ego serves the purpose of giving a certain amount of stability to conscious processes and also secures a working equilibrium which makes for a planned and organized life. It would...
View ArticleTill the Self reveals Himself – Lakshmana Sarma
The first step in the Quest of the real Self is to understand that Self is not the body — physical or mental. The reason for this is two-fold. On the one hand the body is unconscious and hence cannot...
View ArticleThe Clouds of Ego – Osho
Do I have to forget myself to lose my ego? Eva, it is not a question of forgetting yourself—on the contrary, it is a question of remembering yourself. What is the ego? Ego exists because you have...
View ArticleA Crystallized Self vs. A Big Strong Ego – Osho
What is the difference between a crystallized self and a big, strong ego? The look alike, but they are as different as two things can be. Not only different, they are diametrically opposite. The...
View ArticleDiscrimination – Annamalai Swami
Question: ‘All is one’ may be the truth, but one can’t treat everything in the world equally. In daily life one still has to discriminate and make distinctions. Annamalai Swami: I once went for a...
View ArticleThe Beauty of Egoless Moments – Osho
You are teaching us to believe in nothing. But why should I try to drop my ego without believing that life is better without an ego? Before I drop my ego I cannot know how life is without an ego....
View ArticleThe Bell Tolls for Thee – Osho
What is the ego? It is a false entity. It is not. There are two great falsities in the world. One is ego and another is death. These two things exist not. And they are not separate, they are joined...
View ArticleEgo and the Self – Osho
In the west I was trained as a social worker. I was taught that it is important that a person respects and loves himself and feels worthwhile. I was taught that it is important to give support to help...
View ArticleWhat Am I Looking For – Osho
What am I looking for? Deva Parmita, man is a search for the self – not for A self but for THE self. Man is constantly seeking the lost paradise: somewhere deep in the recesses of human beings, the...
View ArticleIf You Can See Death, Death Cannot See You – Osho
I have heard one beautiful story. Once there was a great sculptor, a painter, a great artist. His art was so perfect that when he would make a statue of a man, it was difficult to say who was the man...
View ArticleWhy Doesn’t the Ego Remain Dead – Osho
Many times I feel so merged in you that it is as if I have died and only you are. But this feeling doesn’t remain constant, and always the ego returns. This happens whenever I have to again communicate...
View ArticleI am Not Asking You to Start Seeing God in Everything – Osho
The method that you have shown us for realizing the truth or the universal self is of negating everything and knowing oneself. Is the opposite of it not also possible: that we try to see the universal...
View ArticleThe Fire of Awareness – Osho
When I become more and more aware, my attention develops and there remains a feeling that I exist, I am present, I am aware. Please explain how this feeling can be dissolved into an egoless state of...
View ArticleCreate a Perfect Ego Just to Dissolve it – Osho
Isn’t it true that all meditation techniques are really doings which lead the seeker to his being? In a way, yes; and in a deeper way, no. Meditation techniques are doings, because you are advised to...
View ArticleOnly the Real Remains – Osho
If the ego is unreal, then does it not mean that the unconscious mind, the accumulation of memories in the brain cells, and the process of transformation that is the subject matter of spirituality, is...
View ArticleDropping the Ego Now – Osho
You said the ego can be dropped this very moment. Can the ego also be dropped progressively? The dropping always happens in the moment and always in this moment. There is no progressive, gradual...
View ArticleEnlightenment Happens Suddenly, But Understanding Takes Time- Osho
You said the ego can be dropped this very moment. Can the ego also be dropped progressively? The dropping always happens in the moment and always in this moment. There is no progressive, gradual...
View ArticleThe Bell Tolls for Thee – Osho
What is the ego? It is a false entity. It is not. There are two great falsities in the world. One is ego and another is death. These two things exist not. And they are not separate, they are joined...
View ArticleCreate a Perfect Ego Just to Dissolve it – Osho
Isn’t it true that all meditation techniques are really doings which lead the seeker to his being? In a way, yes; and in a deeper way, no. Meditation techniques are doings, because you are advised to...
View ArticleEnlightenment Happens Suddenly, But Understanding Takes Time- Osho
You said the ego can be dropped this very moment. Can the ego also be dropped progressively? The dropping always happens in the moment and always in this moment. There is no progressive, gradual...
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