the merging of the ego in the Self

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Day by Day with Bhagavan________2-11-45 MorningDilip Kumar Roy read out another poem composed byhim on Bhagavan. Then he sang a few songs. Then he askedBhagavan, "What is the best way of killing the ego?"Bhagavan: To each person that way is the best whichappears easiest or appeals most. All the ways are equally good,as they lead to the same goal, which is the merging of the egoin the Self. What the bhakta calls surrender, the man who doesvichara calls jnana. Both are trying only to take the ego backto the source from which it sprang and make it merge there.Roy: But which is the best way for me? Bhagavan mustknow.Bhagavan did not reply. (This is only usual withBhagavan. He leaves it to each devotee to find out whatsadhana appears most easy to him).AfternoonMr. Roy again sang a few songs. At the end he askedBhagavan, "Music also helps one to develop bhakti, does it not?"Bhagavan: Yes. Yes.When Roy was taking leave, he asked Bhagavan whetherbhakti marga could be followed with advantage and whetherit would lead to jnana.Bhagavan: Yes. Yes. Bhakti is jnana mata i.e., themother of jnana.