Response by Learner MD
Following may be some of the prerequisites and stages in the annihilation of ego:
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the renunciation of the idea of being the doer of works, not only the desire for the fruits of works
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stepping back and observing the play of forces in Nature
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the recognition that it is only the Divine Shakti that does all first through the ego and then through Prakriti and her three modes of operation, sattwa, rajas, tamas
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transforming the three gunas into their spiritual counterparts : tamas into energy and action of the Shakti; Rajas into divine illumination and bliss; Sattwa into divine repose and calm.
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ruthless sincerity and caution against the subtle ambushes of the ego that try constantly to capture the soul by posing as the Truth
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going behind the veil of Prakriti and becoming the real Person that sanctions and allows
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through a happy self-giving obeying the Will of the Shakti that is at once Knowledge, Love and the supreme Bliss of existence.
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Abolition of the Ego
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SOME GENERAL DISCUSSION
Response and Clarification by Course Facilitator LS to Learners NJ and MD
Thank you NJ and MD for your thoughtful answers which summarize many of the main points about equality. I would point out however, that one should not draw too close an association between the various stages in the development of equality and the different branches of yoga. Actually a perfected equality carried through all the stages would be necessary to attain fulfillment in any of the three branches of the yoga. Nevertheless there is some association between the stages and three yogas in the
