This E is more dangerous than EBOLA virus

I am sure that many of us who are connected with the world through

Television, Newspaper or Electronic Media would have heard about

EBOLA virus which causes high fever and sometimes even death.

Well here I wont be discussing about EBOLA because there is something

more dangerous which is within and around us and sometimes the

symptoms cant be even detected.

Let’s look at a story to understand more.

The Story of Five Fingers

In today's world we are all influenced by each other and each one wants to

feel powerful. These five fingers were no different. Even they wanted to be

powerful in their own ways and had a lot of pride in their skills.

So the debate started between them while a person looked on.

The thumb said, I am big because I provide the grip to the hand. Without

me the hand is useless.

The index finger said, rubbish, I am big because I point upwards to GOD.

People use me to show GOD.

The middle finger said, I am big boss because I am used to apply tilak on

the head by the saints.

The ring finger said, I am big so just shut up. I am the finger that wears the

ring when two people start a new life.

Now everyone looked at the little finger and started laughing and were also

curious to hear what the little finger had to say.

The little finger said, I am no less because Shri Krishna used me to pick up

the Govardhan mountain, so I did a big thing.

After listening to all the debate, the man listening to the debate asked to


bring some boondi (sweet in indian delicacy which is small in size) and

asked to make ladoo (is made when all the small boondi is mixed together

to prepare a big sweet)

The thumb picked up the boondi but it fell again and again and same was

the case with other fingers.

Now the man asked all of them to come together and try. They all joined


and the ladoo was prepared in 1 minute.

Moral: We cant achieve anything alone. Using each one’s qualities can

help us to achieve what we want and in turn it allows us to appreciate

and celebrate each others uniqueness.

So the E that I was referring to at the start which is dangerous that even

the EBOLA virus is EGO. If you divide this word into 2 then E can stand for


Everybody and GO means Go Away.

What is wrong in EGO?

It has been observed and even you would agree that when a person is in
EGO then

• Our self respect which actually is sometimes just to protecting or
  
  justifying ourselves becomes much higher than the  individual
  
  standing on the other side. 

• We sometimes even tend to disrespect or insult the person we
  
  love just to satisfy our EGO. 

• We use words which can tear the other person apart mentally
  
  but since EGO takes over our mind we just don't care.

 Slowly as we get into the habit of being Egoistic, we become angry on

even the smaller things which is not required. The “I” becomes more

important than “You” and slowly we start creating cracks in all our

relationships and slowly people start ignoring us.

We would have managed to gather a lot of stuff and physical possessions

which give us comfort but if we do not have the people with whom we can


share or celebrate success then whats the use?

Isn’t it better to work on our EGO rather than loosing out on relationships.

LOOSING EGO IS DEFINITELY NOT EASY BUT IT IS NOT IMPOSSIBLE

EITHER. THIS REQUIRES SPEAKING TO YOURSELF AND PRACTICE

MINDFULNESS.

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These were my thoughts but adding your thoughts will add more value to

this blogpost.


Cheers!!!