What Is the Safest Refuge of an Identity That We Can Take for That Time That We Still Identify?

Name: What Is the Safest Refuge of an Identity That We Can Take for That Time That We Still Identify?
Duration: 4 min 49 s
Description: Ananta explores why identification persists even in sages and suggests the 'beggar-servant' as the safest refuge for the ego to prevent spiritual pride.

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Ananta teaches that since total freedom from identification is rare, the safest refuge for the ego is to adopt the humble identity of a foolish servant or beggar to minimize spiritual pride and suffering.

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Even the greatest sages may momentarily identify with the mind, so humility is the safest refuge.

Spiritual pride can turn others away from God; it is the most dangerous form of identification.

Taking the position of a foolish beggar servant causes the least amount of trouble in the world.

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