EGO: The Disease of

the Mind
JANUARY 11, 2015 / KRISHNA DEV

The needs of a being are limited and can be fulfilled easily

but the wants of a human being can never be fulfilled. They
keep multiplying everyday, every minute. Everyday these
wants keep changing depending on the state of the mind. No
matter how many wants you fulfill, it is never sufficient
enough. More is what a human wants, more of everything.
The struggle to get every want of his fulfilled, he sinks to a
level of an animal. An animal whose utmost most purpose is
only gratification of his senses, he has no logic of past and
present.
He acts in the world outside to seek gratification for his
senses, there is no other meaning to life for such a creature.
Bigger the want, greater the anxiety. When you are starving
for food, the only thing you can think of is Food. Your mind
shows you different pictures of food.

What is this Ego?

The feeling of I and mine. Im different from you. Im
important that you are. Im superior and you are inferior. Ive
got more than you. Im the doer. Im the enjoyer. This is mine
and that is also mine. Those will also be mine. Such feelings
are born out the ego, a feeling of separateness, a distinct
individuality.
This ego is the disease of the mind created by the mind itself
due to the ignorance. Ignorance of your true self. There is no

bliss in ignorance. Some foolish man tossed this term that

ignorance is bliss but any rational and stable minded
person would straight away throw this statement out of
window.
A little kid who is ignorant about the fire and puts his hand
into the fire due to his ignorance, the fire doesnt spare him
because he is a kid who is ignorant of the fire.
Ego driven mind does not even know the real meaning of
happiness for such a person sense-enjoyment is the only
happiness in the world. Such a person cannot have any sort
of love within him. Love for the nature, love for others.
Feeling of love is alien to him though he may argue that he
knows what love is but how can a person understand the
feeling of pure love which is selfless. A person who is blinded
by the filthy desires of senses and every action of his is
motivated by self-interest.
How can such a person understand the feeling of love as pure
as the mountain water and as warm as the sunshine in a
chilly winter noon.
A person who has never experienced happiness beyond his
senses then how can such a person become the source of
somebodys happiness. There is no happiness within him, he
void of true happiness. Whose very existence is no different
from an animal. Whose mind is always polluted with feelings
of anger, greed, hypocrisy, arrogance, jealousy, envy,
ignorance, dullness, stupidity, ignorance etc.
When such a person even performs a charitable act, he
performs it with an intent to show-off to others the extent of
his generosity. The feeling of goodness is absent from the
mind of an ego driven being.

EGO: Cancer of the Mind

The more your desire something, greater will be the
suffering is the popular saying of the Buddhist. Its like a
feeling of revenge, the more you want it, more you burn,
from inside.
Revenge is a burning desire to cause severe harm to the
other person, just to satisfy your ego, isnt it?
It is only after when you are finished doing something
impulsive, you realize that what you did was actually
foolish.
An ego driven mind is a pleasure seeking mind and visversa.
The so-called advanced modern society and the scientists
who pat their own backs to claim that the rivalry between
people to compete with one another is good for the society
and they have termed it as healthy competition.
This so-called healthy competition has only driven people
away from each other. They are blinded by their fake socialstatus and a self-created grandeur image of themselves that
the very human values have lost their place in the hearts and
the very society.
Everybody in this age who lives in a city has an expensive
smart-phone in pocket but have no true friend to talk to
whom one can open his heart. Such is the state of the
advanced human society.

Self-realization is a state of awareness where you realize that the

nature of the physical reality is ever-changing, it is never the same as
it were, birth and decay goes on in every part of space and time.
In our mind, we all manifest a picture, which we consider to be perfect
according to us (which is based on the knowledge, awareness and
experiences we have gained), and due to our inability to control the
outcome in external world, a state of anxiety/panic is created in mind.
When we are unable to maintain a balance between these two
realities (inner reality of thoughts and external reality of matter), we
get agitated and frustrated.
Fulfilling a desire and that too exactly the way you to want it, is
impossible, because there are other variables involved which remain
abstract to us in our thoughts but they come into effect when we
perform some action.

Suppose, a person has to drive 50 kms to attend a very urgent

meeting and mid-way he starts feeling feverish and a little dizzy. He
stops his car next to the road and decides to abandon the meeting
and goes back home, takes some medicine and sleeps.
Similarly, all of us in our everyday life witness these kinds of uninvited
barriers.
Fear, anxiety, depression, distress arise due to our inability to tackle
these barriers, lets call these barriers mental blocks. These mental
blocks keep on accumulating and clutter our mind (both consciously
and subconsciously) with negativity.
This negativity creates an uncertainty in our belief system, which gives
rise to instability of thoughts, and we lose the strength to focus on our
goals. Therefore, procrastination, laziness, fear of failure, loss of
enthusiasm, insecurity about future become a part of our thought
system and restrict us from achieving our goals.
We all aspire to achieve our dreams/goals of life but only few manage
to accomplish.
What is the reason that most people do not manage to reach their
goal?

Lack of motivation?
Fear?
Fear of hard work?
Procrastination?

 Lack of skills? or
Temperament?
You be the judge of yourself. Nobody else could ever know you better
than you do. So, analyze your actions honestly and try to find out what
were the internal reasons for your past failures. Also, ask yourself, if
you have managed to rectify those mistakes all the while.
Controlling the mind requires immense focus and strict discipline in
life. Without maintaining a discipline one cannot succeed in controlling
the flow of negative thoughts and energy.
Due to this residual negative energy a person loses the ability to focus
on his goals.
Modern education system equips us with knowledge to earn a living, it
teaches the importance of laws and society and makes us self-reliant.
But, no school or university teaches techniques and methods to
control our mind and how can a person become free from stress and
other miseries of life.
On the contrary we have Indian school of thoughts i.e, Indian
philosophy which extensively deals with the methods and techniques
to manage your thoughts effectively and efficiently. Indian school of
thoughts cover every aspect of human life and they also emphasize
on the issue of morality and truth, which is called Dharma. One
should not make the mistake of translating Dharma as religion.
Dharma is a concept which one learns by studying the Vedic literature.
Its difficult to explain Dharma in one sentence but Ill make an effort.

As long as ones actions are not motivated by self-interest

and those actions are in harmony with morality, truth, justice
and well-being of everyone, then your actions automatically
satisfyDharma.

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Insanity is doing the same thing over and

over again and expecting different results.
Albert Einstein
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Dont wait for the world to change, there is no tomorrow or future. It is
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The best time to do your work always is right now.

Be the change that you want to see in the

world.
Mahatma Gandhi