Swami, how to overcome ego and jealousy?

[Smt. Chhanda asked:-]

Swami replied:- Actually, jealousy is simply based on ego. Ego is the seed and jealousy is the sprout the comes out of the seed. Ego is different from basic ego. Basic ego means just the basic identification of self, which is presented by ‘I’. Ego is the pride or over-confidence, which is a wrong modification of the basic ego due to the influence of bad surrounding atmosphere. In this pride, you think about yourself as the greatest or at least try to become the greatest in future due to your continued efforts. In this way, you may see the Sadguru, who is the human incarnation of God. The first impression in you (which may be recognized by you or not) is the ego based jealousy towards the greatest Sadguru since your aim is only to become the greatest God or human incarnation. This ego based jealousy is suppressed immediately because you have to serve the Sadguru to become the greatest God. In some cases, this jealousy is not suppressed and comes out immediately because such souls think that they are already the greatest God. In the six bad qualities called the enemies, the descending order of power is:- Jealousy > Ego > Fascination > Greediness > Illegal Anger > Illegal Sexual desire. Ego and jealousy could not be conquered even by great sages, who quarreled among themselves based on the desire for name and fame (who found fault with each other in  spiritual debates)! Can ordinary people like us even dream to conquer this ego based jealousy? This ego based jealousy is the only only only hurdle in the path of recognizing the contemporary human incarnation as God.

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