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Ego of a Jnani

A Jnani crushes the ego at it's source. It rises up again and again, for him too,  as for the ignorant, impelled by nature i.e. prarabdha. Both in the ignorant and the Jnani, ego sprouts up but with this difference: the former's ego when it rises up is quite ignorant of its source, or is not aware of it in deep sleep, in the dream and waking states, whereas a Jnani when his ego rises up, enjoys his transcendental experience with this ego, keeping his lakshya ( vision) always on it's source. His ego is not dangerous, it is only the ash skeleton of a burnt rope; although it possesses a form it is ineffective. By constantly keeping our lakshya on our source, our ego is dissolved.- Ramana Maharshi ( from 'Conscious Immortality')