This is what Ramana Maharshi said: ‘The ego is really a ghost with no form of its own, but feeding on any form it holds.’ Just think about that. Your ego is a bit of a ghost, and it feeds on whatever form or situation or set of circumstances it may find itself in. It will use any situation, that’s why the ego can get into anything, into any relationship, into any good work that you are doing. The ego will be like a hungry ghost feeding on whatever circumstances it finds itself in. And the ego he says is really a ghost with no form of its own, but feeding on any form it holds which, ‘when sought for, takes flight’. So when you try to find the ego, it just disappears, dissipates.
| ( Finding Oneself 1 Laurence Freeman ) |
