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This article explores the true meaning of the word "ego" and the common confusion that equates it with vanity or pride. Through an etymological and spiritual lens, it distinguishes the ego — a natural and necessary function of incarnation — from the false...
Summary: The distinction between ego and false ego is essential to understanding inner life. The ego allows the soul (purusha) to recognize itself as an individual. The false ego, or vanity, arises from identification with the mind (citta), the body,...
Obedience is often perceived as a constraint, a humiliation, and a weakness. Yet, in spirituality, it is a free and conscious act. It is not submission, but an engagement grounded in understanding. On a spiritual path, the real obstacle is not the rule,...
The search for inner peace does not depend on accumulated knowledge, but on a simple disposition: recognizing that you do not know. Vanity, nourished by concepts and certainties, prevents you from asking and from receiving. By returning to a form of innocence—similar...
Vanity and pride are not merely character flaws, but manifestations of the false ego, this confusion that makes the mind seem like the self. Nourished by ignorance (avidya), they distort perception, cloud discernment, and move us away from the simplicity...
Confusion does not come from the world, but from what, within us, takes itself to be what we are not. The false ego, often mistakenly called the ego, is this identification with the mind, fueled by ignorance (avidya). It maintains a constant agitation...