EGO

Compassion or Ego?

I used to experience a welling of compassion in my heart during Dhyanam. As it happened a few times, I mentioned it to Sri Mahaprabu. Here is what he said:

Sri Mahaprabu: Swallow it. Enjoy it. Dissolve in it. Don’t analyze it. You don’t know if it is your mind i.e. Ego that is doing the melting (ie. compassion) or Atma. If it is the ego that is melting, then while acting in the world your ego will take on a new dress! – I am a compassionate person.

So whatever it is, be it ego or not, let it melt inside. Then, there is no risk. If it was your ego, and you imagine that it is Atma and come out, Mind will create its own ‘compassionate Image’ and Atma will be hidden further. Just Absorb and melt.

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