Message #39540

[guest587]

So, in the video he mentions that before being sent to work in the back of the ashram he was already working in the front of house. Could it be that the boys were already familiar with Yogananda, which is why they flocked to him in the back? No doubt he offers us much wisdom. I'm just wondering aloud. For example, if I have a respected colleague who works specific duties- then my boss decides to put him somewhere else, I would still go to him versus the new guy. See what I mean???

In this video it is suggested that the ego is inferior and the cause of all misery. I don't have such a dismal view, I don't think it's something we destroy. Instead I see it more like a child who can align with the will of the father. No doubt the wisdom he bestows defining and recognizing Soul attributes are something many will feel true. Similarly, the ego can definitely "get the best of us." Yet what does that really mean? What is suffering after all if not to learn? I don't want to destroy the child(ego) I want to nurture it. A gentle attitude towards ones misfortunate may quell extremism which is a problem we face in todays political climate and something we have faced through out the ages. Is spiritual justice a trick of the ego? What is justice? What is spiritual? If we just assume the ego is the root of all evil I don't see us advancing, since it is very rare to be without ego. The ego is apparently something almost every human on this planet has to deal with. I think this is where the idea of destroying the ego and creating an allyship can be recognized as the same thing where definitions aren't so easily understood. Just like defining God or defining evil seem to be something left for philosophical inquiry... Words come close, but never completely capture the essence. There are some sounds that mean "like something" that has no existence in the english tongue.

Lastly, a separate inquiry, did not Yogananda curse his sister as a child? I believe I read that in the beginning of AoY.