Chapter 6
EGO
7. Fear not the cessation of the present ego dream. Once you are awake you will enjoy the same all the more. You will no longer be deluded and will observe it with cheerful detachment, unconfused. The folly of all appearances will be understood and you will have no burdens. In dream your mental imagery assumes shapes. On waking you know the dream as just a dream. Do not mistake dream for the waking state. Know the dream as dream. For doing so, you must reach the state of brahman-ahambhava (Universal Ego) and wake from the illusion of the (separate individual) ego.
8. I have instructed you for your good and not in my own interest. If you believe me, you should act upon what I have taught you. On the other hand, if you see no good in what I have said, then turn away from this ideal. How can I help you if my advice and all the advice of the saints do not make any impression on you? No state is higher than this. Believe me, it is for your good that you realize this truth; and through you others may realize the same. Be free from self-conceit. Start at once. Realize that the Universal Ego is your own.
10. I shall one word only and this is not owing to my egoism. It is simply my duty. I do not say this word just for your good or my good alone. It is for the good of all.
The truth is brahma-ahambhava, the universal 'brahman-am-I' Ego. O Vast Light of Grace! Transcendent Compassion! Shanti! Shanti! Shanti!
Om Tat Sat.
'If you want moksha, write, read and practise the instructions in Ellaam Ondre.' - Sri Ramana Maharshi
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