Ego leads to success !

Ego is what makes a person proud. Ultimately it leads him to ruin - right? Wrong ! Ego motivates to achieve success and develops the ability for success. 

A child behaves as it should. It is from Child ego (Tamas). It learns from parents ‘how to behave’ and develops Parent ego (Rajas). It learns what to desire which then becomes the motive. Critical Parent ego is like being the father. It controls. Nurturing Parent ego is like being the mother. It develops growth. As the child grows, it finds out what works and develops Adult ego (Sattwa).  Everybody has the three types of egos. These motivate and develop the ability to fulfill the need. 

Inputs through senses affect the mind and develop corresponding ego. Food and sensual inputs primarily give rise to Parent ego. The profile of egos of a person corresponds to his or her food habits. Corresponding ability is developed. The predominant ego corresponds to the food taken often.  Hence is the saying, 'A person is what he eats'.

A person with Adult ego likes and mostly consumes pure, hearty and balanced inputs. These give health, strength, longevity, comfort, pleasure, staying power and a healthy heart.  He is truthful, dutiful, optimist, knowledgeable, discriminating, intelligent,non-attached, fearless, professional, happy, and clean. He has clear consciousness and a sharp memory. He is not angry, not fault-finding, not greedy, not restless, not jealous and not proud.

A person with Nurturing Parent ego is kind, sharing resources, tolerant. He is benevolent, project oriented,  harmless, sacrificing, humble, forgiving and enthusiastic. 

A person with Critical Parent ego (Rajas) likes and mostly consumes the following types of food: pungent, sour, salty, very hot, very dry and those causing indigestion or a burning sensation inside the body. Discomfort, sorrow and disease follow. Such a person is brave, angry, fault-finding, rich, shrewd , merciless and proud. He is greedy and frequently disturbed. He knows less and tells lies. He is cynical and has few ideas except in his area of specialisation. 

Sometimes a parent does not do as he says. The child learns to tell a lie to get a benefit at the cost of someone. It is Adapted Child ego (Tamas) - in contrast to Natural Child ego. Such a person likes and mostly consumes stale, tasteless, rotten, brew, leftovers and rejects. He or she is uncomfortable, restless, egoist, liar, unhelpful (selfish), with bravado, prestige conscious, humourous, full of desires and angry. He lacks staying power. He is sad, materialist, unethical, arbitrary, lazy and sleeps a lot. He has crooked intelligence, false knowledge and takes a position opposite to that established by scriptures.

Truth alone triumphs ! Satyameva Jayate

 According to Yoga by Patanjali, ‘When a person is well established in truth by all means, he believes that result comes strictly according to action’. The emblem of the government of every state in India displays,  Satyameva Jayate. It means, 'Truth alone triumphs'. Yet, few people believe that result comes strictly according to action. Many believe that telling a lie when it suits them gets better results. Such opinions are based on seeing short-term results. Often, short-term pleasure leads to long-term unhappiness. Then they blame bad luck !

The word Satya (truth) in Sanskrit is a substitute for Rta. It means as true and everlasting (Sat) as the eternal laws of Nature. The cause and effect relation in Nature is always true. A believer in it does not believe in luck. He does not try to find excuses for his failure. He finds out the truth, learns from the failure and proceeds onward to success in the next attempt. 

Unless impossible, anything is possible and can be true. This is the principle of probability. A pessimist often cites the success of an ineligible person. But such cases are exceptions. They have a very low probability of success. Often what most people believe it to be true is accepted as truth. This is erroneous. It is important to know the truth before action. The carpenter’s rule, ‘Measure twice; cut once’ is emphasised to be sure of the facts before action. An open mind and scepticism are prerequisites to know the truth.

Everybody is biased according to his past experience. When bias is removed, one can see the facts as they are and make the correct decision. The seeds of the future are in the present. By interpreting the signs correctly, a person can predict the future. He can visualise the existence of a peacock in an egg.  
A liar is always afraid that the truth may be found out. The cost of living in fear is often greater than the immediate benefit. So truth alone wins in the end.