“The enemy hates the ego, which the seeker wants to kill; thus, like the anvil to the goldsmith, he is actually a friend.” WantHateEnemyEgoSeekersAnvils Author:Ramana Maharshi
“Ego is neither positive nor negative. Those are simply concepts that create more boundaries. Ego is just ego, and the disaster of it all is that you, as a spiritual seeker, have been conditioned to think of the ego as bad, as an enemy, as something to be destroyed. This simply strengthens the ego. In fact, such conclusions arise from the ego itself. Pay no attention to them. Don't go to war with yourself; simply inquire into who you are.” ThinkingHas BeensWarFactsSpiritualPayAttentionEnemyEgoConceptsNegativeWho You AreDisasterBoundariesAriseConclusionDestroyedSeekersWar With Yourself Author:Adyashanti
“Soon the child’s clear eye is clouded over by ideas and opinions, preconceptions, and abstractions. Simple free being becomes encrusted with the burdensome armor of the ego. Not until years later does an instinct come that a vital sense of mystery has been withdrawn. The sun glints through the pines and the heart is pierced in a moment of beauty and strange pain, like a memory of paradise. After that day, we become seekers.” LifeYearsHeartChildrenDoeHas BeensIdeasMomentsEyePainSpiritualMemoriesSimpleBeautyOpinionSunClearMysteryStrangeEgoInstinctParadiseAbstractionVitalitySeekersArmorPiercePreconceptionsLife Is BeautifulCloudedWithdrawingClear Eyes Book:Nine-Headed Dragon River: Zen Journals 1969-1982 Source: Nine-Headed Dragon River: Zen Journals 1969-1982
“Drop jealousy and love wells up. Jealousy means that I am the owner. It is an ego trip, and wherever there is ego there is poison, and the poison kills the very source of love. One has to become aware of just these few things and discard them and one's life becomes a lotus of love. And then there is no need to go in any search of god, god will come in search of you. This is my observation, that god always comes seeking the true seeker. Whenever the disciple is ready the master appears.” NeedsWellsMeanReadyMastersSourceEgoAnd LoveSeekingGods WillObservationJealousyPoisonOwnersDiscipleSeekersLotusesEgo Trip Author:Rajneesh
“I bow to all the seekers of truth. At the very outset, I have to say that truth is what it is. We cannot change it, we cannot transform it. We cannot compromise with it. It is what it is, it has been what it has been, and it will be what it has been. So it doesn't change. What is needed is that we have to change. So, what is the truth? Truth is that you are not this body, this mind; you are not these emotions, intellect or conditionings. Nor you are ego. So what are you ? You are the pure Spirit.” LoveMindHas BeensWisdomBodySpiritEmotionMeditationNeededTruth IsPureEgoYogaIntellectCompromiseWellnessBowsSeekersConditioningIt Is What It Is Author:Nirmala Srivastava
“But in the West it is very easy to dissolve the ego. So whenever a Western seeker reaches an understanding that ego is the problem he can easily dissolve it, more easily than any Eastern seeker. This is the paradox - in the West ego is taught, in the East egolessness is taught. But in the West it is easy to dissolve the ego, in the East it is very difficult.” ProblemEasyDifficultUnderstandingTaughtEgoWestWesternEastParadoxEasternSeekers Author:Rajneesh
“American seekers of happiness are in danger of deluding themselves into believing that only one part of the world exists, the part that gladdens their egos.” WorldBelieveDangerEgoSeekers Book:Against Happiness: In Praise of Melancholy Source: Against Happiness: In Praise of Melancholy
“Oh external worshiper, know that worship without heart is motions. Oh seeker of knowledge, know that knowledge without purification is a dangerous weapon of the ego. Oh activist, know that work without orientation of heart is fruitless. Oh lover, know that love without God is pain.” KnowsHeartPainDangerousLoversEgoWorshipWeaponsActivistSeekersOrientationWithout GodPurification Author:Yasmin Mogahed