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.