INTROSPECTION IS NECESSARY TO SET ASIDE EGO The ego is the element that makes a person dance like a monkey and causes them to go through the cycle of 84 lakh births. This ego is born out of ignorance. What is that ignorance? Considering oneself as the body. Only after its end can one have an encounter with that supreme divine element. We all know that we are soul and this is body, etc., but when it comes to believing, we consider ourselves only as a body. And because of this belief, all the troubles start. According to the Gita, ego means the sense of "I" and "mine". It is the state in which a person identifies himself with the body, mind, and senses and thinks that these are all that there is. The ego is primarily related to ignorance of the reality of the soul and attachment to the material world. TYPES OF EGO AND HOW TO DEAL WITH IT Tamasic ego – is cruel and blind. It is in its nature to harm itself. The one who is Tamogudi says that everyone sho...