tips on erasing ego

..just sent this email to a friend :

 

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satnaam veer ji

 

dandauth bandhana (prostration greeting) - please accept my head in service at your feet, you are dhan dhan.

 

The shabad Dassan Das ji gave me to start with was

 

haumai nahee tuhi tu  

 

no ego - You only You.

 

I add the following too

 

haumai nahee tuhi tu

satnaam tuhi tu

 

then keep repeating it as follows:

 

a) focuson your guru-sant who has blessed you and keep washing their feet in your heart - nijj ghar - centre of chest

you can start by saying it with tongu listen with ears, then tongue is still and take it inside to the heart.

 

b) when you feel lots of love then take that feeling and bring into your mind on satguru

 

haumai nahee tuhi tuhi

satguru tuhi tu

 

and bring into your mind the feet of all the satgurus one at a time and wash them in your heart

 

c) then move on to satsangat 

 

haumai nahee tuhi tu

satsangat tuhi tu

 

and bring into your mind all people of your sat sangat, anyone and everyone who God has sent to help you on this path,

wash their feet and thank them

 

d) then move on to your family, friends, work colleagues  

 

 

haumai nahee tuhi tu

satnaam tuhi tu

 

e) then move on to people you have difficulty feeling anylove for

haumai nahee tuhi tu

satnaam tuhi tu

 

 

just keep washing everyones feet, the whole world , every living creature within whom God - the Life Force - resides.

 

Then when your haumai starts washing away then you'll find it easy to move onto

 

just satnaam , satnaam, satnaam

 

or satnaam waheguru

 

or ikonakar satnaam

 

or jap man satnaam sada satnaam

 

or satnaam kartapurak

 

or ik onkar satnaam sri waheguru

 

or ik onkar satnaam satgur prasad

 

or mulmuntar

 

..basically anything with satnaam in it ...earn your name as baba ji said .

 

 

 

And that is how you root out ego from deep within in in your meditation.

 

 

But you also have to fix your karma as well, so have to do something practical too.

 

so every single person you have hurt or offended or done something bad to, you have to

a) apologise to them if possible - you have hurt God in the temple of their heart - the very God you are trying to realise

b) touch their feet to recognise God within them,  do dandauth bandhana is even better

the lower you can go in front of Creation , the more ego is erased.  Notice how much resistance you have - that is how thick your thorn of ego is.

 

 

Fix your realtionships, do something good for others, see your family as sangat, clean their shoes, wash their dishes, cook their food, make them feel loved and then God will make you feel the love you are searching for.

 

Baba ji said everything is within ur own house, but we let panj dhoots change our relationships in to cold ones because ego and karma get in the way.  But be like children, love one and all, forget the past - or deal with those issues and move on.   I would really really adivse you to see making your wife happy as your number one goal, do it for God inside her, do it for your son, when you are happy at home, God will make you happy insidde.  You have lots of karma to resolve, cant go to God until its all mended.

 

dust of your feet

 

Harjit