EGO

EGO

There was a pot maker in a small village.

Once, during Durga Pooja, he made plenty of idols,

loaded them onto the back of his donkey, and

walked to the town to sell them. On the way, people

would see the idols and fold their hands. The

donkey was nonplussed, but after a while, began

standing still, proudly, whenever people would fold

their hands. This went on till the pot maker reached

the town. By the evening, the pot maker had sold

all his idols and began his trip back to the village.

Whenever someone would pass them, the donkey

would stand still proudly, expecting people to wish

him, but this did not happen. The donkey kept

stopping and wouldn't understand why no one was

paying obeisance to him. The pot maker was

irritated for he couldn't understand the strange

behavior of his donkey. After trying to cajole and

force him to move, the man began beating up the

donkey.

This story applies to all those who carry

bloated egos. We are only carriers, not the object

that we are carrying. Responsibilities are gifted

to all of us by God, but we can only carry those for

some time. Why then, have ego for luggage?

- Anonymous

May be, if I were to lose my ego and let go

my luggage I would be so much happier ! A little

bit of humility and a dose of self realization that

we are all the same, each one has a different ability

and each one has a different responsibility could

make our lives so much more fulfilling.

The name given to you by your parents accompanies you till you depart.The adamantine wall that shuts us in is egoism; we refer every thing to ourselves, thinking I do this,that and the other.If we get rid of this puny I and stick to not I but YOU feel it and live it the entire ego will get dismantled and your movement will be advanced towards HIM.
Age,Ability and Abdication of EGO brings you respect.That accompanies you till the end because you din't aspire for it but you deserved it. That is the tradition and custom of this Dharma.
To be on carpet or to be on velvet or to be under a cloud or to be ill at ease you are not the reason, HE is accomplishing you or testing you and nothing in your hands. The only thing you have is to shun
your EGO and surrender to HIM. He is the right person to give Right Things ar Right Time. To give up the world is to forget the EGO and that will enable you to live in the body and not of it.

So I have decided that I would rather be a human being

than the donkey in the story above.

Better late than never! What about you?