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There is a peculiar character of Ego. Usually you identify Ego with self esteem. People
who a have lot of money, lot of notoriety or well educated to have a lot of self esteem,
that everybody understands. But strangely enough Ego can also produce lack of self esteem.
This seems to be odd but then if I explain to you, you will accept. You have observed
a lot of people who do not want to be in the public eye, they don’t want to invite friends
to their home or they don’t want to hang out with people, they don’t really go out
and socialize and there are many many people I have known who are hiding. And why are they
hiding? That is also an Ego issue. Just as Ego produces a high self-esteem, Ego also
produces a low self esteem and these people who are suffering from low self-esteem because
of Ego, because their Ego will be hurt. So they don’t want to be hurt, that’s why
they don’t want to hang out with people, they don’t want to be seen; all that they
want to do is just become invisible. So that is also produced by Ego. So you have to avoid
both the traps that the Ego lays out before you that is a high self esteem and then a
low self esteem.