THE BARRIER OF EGO

           What is ego? It is what we call "my" and "mine" as, for example, my family, my possession, my welth, my honor or my glory . In reality, all these belong to the Lord . We believe our selves to be separate from Him and try our best to make the objects of the world our own . But these objects have never been anyone's own, nor will they ever be so in the future . The effort that we make to possess them leads us into the quagmire of worthless attachments . We become so fond of these worldly forms and shapes, that we even dream of them during sleep, and at the time of death they begin to appear before us like the things seen in a cinema film . Whatever we think of at the time of our death, that we become, and then bound by our attacments to the things of which we think most deeply .
" And man's foes shall be they of his own household".-( Matthew 10/36 )
"For whatsoever shall do the will of my father which is in heaven, the same is my brother and sister, and mother". - (Matthew 12 /50 )
           There is nothing in this world that anyone can own or claim, everything belongs to the Lord . Regard everything as the Lord's and do not try to possess anything as your own . Worldly objects have never accompanied anybody offer death, nor will they ever do so in the future . Many a King and ruler has tried his best to make the world his own, but has failed to do so . It is our attachment, our ego, that keeps us tied to the wheel of death .
"And again I say unto you, it is easier for a Camel to go through the eye of a needle, then for a rich man to enter into the Kingdom of God".-(Matthew 19/24 )
           It is not possible for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle, nor can rich and wealthy people who give all their attention to the pleasures and possessions of this world ever meet the Lord .