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The Nature of the Egoand its TerminationPART <strong>II</strong>THE EGO AS AN AFFIRMATION OFSEPARATENESSTHE ego is an affirmation of separateness. It takes many forms. Itmay take the form of a continued self-conscious memoryexpressing itself in recollections like, "I did this and I did that;I felt this and I felt that; I thought this and I thought that." It alsoEgo is an affirmationof separatenesstakes the form of ego-centred hopes for thefuture expressing themselves through planslike, "I shall do this and I shall do that; Ishall feel this and I shall feel that; I shall think this and I shall thinkthat." Or again in the present, the ego manifests itself in a strongfeeling of being someone in particular and asserts its distinctnessand separateness from all the other centres of consciousness. Whileprovisionally serving a useful purpose as a centre of consciousness,the ego, as an affirmation of separateness, constitutes the chiefhindrance to spiritual emancipation and enlightenment ofconsciousness.The ego affirms its separateness through craving, hate,anger, fear or jealousy. When a person craves for the company ofothers he is keenly conscious of being separate from them and thusfeels his own separate
68 <strong>DISCOURSES</strong>Ego feeds uponexclusive feelingsexistence intensely. The feeling of separationfrom others is most acute where there is greatand unrelieved craving. In hate and anger alsothe other person is, so to speak, thrown out of one's own being andregarded not only as a foreigner but as definitely hostile to thethriving of the ego. Fear also is a subtle form of affirmingseparateness and exists where the consciousness of duality isunabated. Fear acts as a thick curtain between the "I" and the "you"and it not only nourishes deep distrust of the other, but inevitablybrings about a shrinking and withdrawal of consciousness so as toexclude the being of another from the context of one's own life.Therefore, not only other souls but God should be loved and notfeared. To fear God or His manifestations is to strengthen duality;to love them is to weaken it.The feeling of separateness finds most poignant expressionin jealousy. There is a deep and imperative need in the human soulto love and identify itself with other souls. This is not fulfilled inComplications ofjealousy strengthenegoany instance where there is craving or hate,anger or fear. In jealousy, in addition to thenon-fulfillment of this deep and imperativeneed for identification with other persons,there is a belief that some other soul has successfully identifieditself with the person whom one sought. This creates a standingand irreconcilable protest against both individuals for developing arelationship which one really wished to reserve for oneself. Allexclusive feelings like craving, hate, fear or jealousy bring about anarrowing down of life and contribute to the limitation andrestriction of consciousness. They become directly instrumental inthe affirmation of separateness and the ego.
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DISCOURSES Volume II Sixth Editio
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“I have come not to teach but to
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Discourses by Meher Baba6th Edition
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IntroductionMerwan Sheriar Irani wa
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4 DISCOURSESfriends, song in praise
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6 DISCOURSESthat they are in no way
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VOLUME IICONTENTS1. THE SEARCH FOR
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The Search for GodMOST persons do n
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An illustrative storyTHE SEARCH FOR
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THE SEARCH FOR GOD 15of life. There
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Page 32 and 33: Arriving at Self-KnowledgeWHEN the
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Page 48 and 49: TRUE DISCIPLESHIP 43these relations
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Page 116 and 117: The Types of MeditationPART ITHE NA
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The Types of MeditationPART IITHE C
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The Types of MeditationPART IIIGENE
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THE TYPES OF MEDITATION: IV 139with
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The Types of MeditationPART VISPECI
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The Types of MeditationPART VIISAHA
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True freedom andspontaneity existon
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Life in eternityTHE TYPES OF MEDITA
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THE DYNAMICS OF SPIRITUAL ADVANCEME
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THE DEEPER ASPECTS OF SADHANA 185pe
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