Ego Vs. Will.

Should ‘ego’ be ruling over ‘will’?
‘Ego’ is blind while ‘will’ is vision. Ego is reactive and instantaneous. It is a flash out of rage and the forward view is marred by dizziness. While it is reactive it generates further reaction and not a solution. It doesn’t open a path for you but confuse you with splinters of paths and misguide you to look for a way out.
There is a saying that one has to come out with many lies to substantiate one lie and similarly ego misfires relentlessly to make the other person bewildered and astounded. It often creates dirt and stains in the mind. One is prompted to strive in negatives and unreal imaginations. Ego distances you from sensibility and wisdom. You may turn blind to intelligence and commonsense. Egoism enjoys in a perverted pleasure which is painful to the victims. It is like the cat which plays with the incapacitated mice. Cat derives more pleasure in watching the fight for safety of the mice in the death trap.
Ego lives in a misjudged self-identity with attitude of stubbornness, obstinacy, selfishness and blatant disregard for reconciliation. It travels in a single route not ready to relent to reality. It hides in an aura of its own and professes everything else outside its periphery is meaningless and deserves to be fumed with neglect. It ,if compelled, agrees to reality with sarcasm and reluctance. Egoistic persons normally gets derailed fast disintegrate in anger and frustration. Even if ruined such people hardly repent and agree to honour the truth. Ego is like a volcano and engulfs its victims under its lava. It leaves behind the victim with wound and sour, ever to think vice fully and in disdain.
In contrast, ‘will’ is sane and sensible. There is coolness and patience. Will implies thinking and response are thought provoked. It relies on its inherent strength. It is like a spring with its multiple out wings drooping with its sprinklings of knowledge and wisdom. In ‘will’ there is exposure and transparency. It is instinctive and hence not whimsical. ‘Will’, with its power of openness and broadmindedness can be relied upon. There is enthusiasm, courage, enrgy and punch in its approach. It tends to enlarge its area of knowledge with inquisitiveness and urge to know better wide and in depth. There is an underlining sense of endurance and tolerance which adores the personality with a nature of reconciliation. It is endorsed with quality of pragmatism with its magnanimity to live to the reality and truth and submit to it with apology if required. While ‘will’ propagates self-pride, it honor’s others pride and their standpoint. It belies animosity and hatred and always maintains a policy of ‘give and take’ and ‘forgive and forget’. ‘Will’- full action represents determination and commitment. The word will upholds confidence, involvement and passion and takes the personality into great heights. ‘Will’ also signifies contribution and implies a challenging attitude to face and overcome problems and hindrances. It reflects clarity of purpose and promise a process of ongoing and achievements. It denotes an arrow like speed and penetration and adopts a well- focused approach. It is blessed with vision about future and a forth righted attitude to achieve the ends.
It is desirable that we avoid a dirty bath in ‘ego’ but instead have a smooth go in purity with the ‘will’. When look for a compromise in conflict is the will of ‘will’,’ego’ tries to live on with the conflict with its denial attitude. A flooded outburst of water will destroy creations while smooth flow of water would help to cleanse the paths. Let us burry the ego and move with a will to forge a bright path towards the future.

M.S. Kumaran