Egoism of the ignorant stage (ignorance of the true self) is considered live egoism. It becomes lifeless after attaining knowledge of the Self. If one takes the side of this lifeless egoism that, “I am not like that”- it will become alive again. Lifeless egoism is to be disposed off; it is not to be protected.

As long as the egoism is alive, ‘my-ness’ remains within the self.

The ego dies and the ego lives, but people say that ‘I died’. That which takes birth and dies is the ego, and the Soul is in the same place (is always intact). Even Pudgal (the atoms that were charged; which are being discharged in the form of mind, body, speech) is in the same place. The issue is only of the ego in the middle.

Knowledge of all living beings of the entire world is in only one Soul. But the knowledge that sees the ego and everything, as objects to be known (gneya); only that knowledge is called as the ‘Knowledge’. However, that is partial Knowledge but only from that moment it is regarded as real applied focused awareness. Where there is Knowledge, the focused applied awareness may be partial or complete.

A person who has egoism without 'my-ness', will attain moksha (ultimate liberation). All this 'entrapment' is because of egoism filled with 'my-ness'!

The moment one’s belief becomes ‘I am Chandubhai’; then immediately it gives rise to the worldly life.

I am Chandubhai’ is itself egoism. To claim ‘I am’ where you are not, is itself ego. If you remain in your own domain, then you are the Soul, and the projection of ‘I am Chandubhai’ in the wrong place is egoism.

The nature of pudgal (non-Self body complex, complex of intake and output) is to go down and the nature of the Self is to go higher. The pudgal’s (non-Self body complex’s) downward nature is not caused by it’s heavy weight; it is caused by an increase in egoism. One may be skinny, but his ego can be big enough to stretch all over the world.

One may have knowledge of every subject in the world, but egotistic knowledge goes into intellect, and non-egotistic knowledge goes into Gnan (Absolute Knowledge, Knowledge of Pure Soul).