Ego is an object to be known (gneya).  You are the Knower (gnata). Where there is a relationship between the Knower and the known, the known should not be protected. If you protect one gneya (ego), then you have to protect all others, and they are endless. From now on you have to practice invisible penance. You have to maintain awareness that you do not become engulfed,  become swept with the ego. That awareness is invisible penance. This kind of penance has to be done because from time immemorial you have acquired a habit of identifying yourselves with the known, the gneyas. As you observe this penance, these habits will become weaker and so will the ego and consequently the puzzle gets solved. Once you resolve to observe this penance, it will continue on its own.

                                                                                 Gnani Purush Dadashri

 

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