Please help me come out of my hypocrisy.

Ms. Laxmi Thrylokya asked: Swami, when You praise me and give credit to my service, I pass on the credit back to You orally before others but I am enjoying that internally. It's happening inevitably and I am very afraid that I would get ego and fall off from the path to reach God. Please help me come out of my hypocrisy.]

Swami Replied:- When you are passing on the credit of your service back to Me, how ego can touch you? Ego enters a devotee if that devotee accepts the praise by nodding the head with a smile. Your question itself contains the answer. You yourself are taking care against ego and in such case, what is the necessity for My help in this matter? Hypocrisy is hiding the real nature and exhibiting a different nature to the world. In the issue you mentioned, this word does not suit at all and is not applicable at all.

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