The Ego is a Koan - 04.22.10

Student Comment: I was wondering if the ego itself is a koan, and then I though no, because it has its own logic for everything it does whether that’s conscious or not. So the ego itself isn’t a koan.

“Oh yes it is because the ego is inconsistent,” maintains Shunyamurti, the spiritual guide of the Sat Yoga Institute in Costa Rica. And part of the reason for transformational sessions is to allow oneself to hear the contradictions inherent in one’s fantasies, desires, and other unconscious melodramas. “And when you realize that and have to laugh at your own ego for being ridiculous . . . you have to let it go.” Recorded on the evening of Thursday, April 22, 2010.