Guest guest Posted October 3, 2002 Report Share Posted October 3, 2002 Story of the Ego Once there lived a man who was an excellent image maker. He decided to use his skills to escape from the jaws of death. He made innumerable images of himself - the images were a perfect match of his own being. He kept them all in a row and hid amongst them. He had hoped to make a fool of the king of death when he came to take him away. " The king of death will not be able to pick him out of all these perfect images " , he thought. On the due day the king of death arrived to take the man away. He looked at all the images and could not pick out the man amongst them. He looked thoughtfully at all the images and then exclaimed, " Ah, I see one flaw here " . As soon as he uttered these words - the man stepped out of the line and asked, " Where is the flaw? " " You, stepping out of the line, is the flaw " , said the king of death smiling. Your 'ego' is your flaw and that is how you are caught : ) In fact the only culprit the king of death is seeking is not our real self but our ego. It is our 'ego' that undergoes death and transmigration - not the Self. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 4, 2002 Report Share Posted October 4, 2002 I wonder what the king of death would have done if the guy had used cloning technology to make several images. Any thoughts? - " Vivekananda Centre " <vivekananda " list " <Ramakrishna >; " self-knowledge-list " <Self-knowledge > Thursday, October 03, 2002 5:55 PM [sri Ramakrishna] Story......... of the Ego > > > Story of the Ego > > Once there lived a man who was an excellent image maker. > He decided to use his skills to escape from the jaws of death. > He made innumerable images of himself - the images were a > perfect match of his own being. He kept them all in a row and > hid amongst them. He had hoped to make a fool of the king of > death when he came to take him away. " The king of death will not > be able to pick him out of all these perfect images " , he thought. > > On the due day the king of death arrived to take the man away. > He looked at all the images and could not pick out the man > amongst them. He looked thoughtfully at all the images and then > exclaimed, " Ah, I see one flaw here " . As soon as he uttered these > words - the man stepped out of the line and asked, " Where is the flaw? " > > " You, stepping out of the line, is the flaw " , said the king of death > smiling. Your 'ego' is your flaw and that is how you are caught : ) > > In fact the only culprit the king of death is seeking is not our real self > but our ego. It is our 'ego' that undergoes death and transmigration > - not the Self. > > > > > > Sri Ramakrishnaye Namah > Vivekananda Centre London > http://www.vivekananda.co.uk > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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