The biggest hurdle in
attaining eternal bliss or divine love of God is ego. Ego does not
allow humility to develop. And God is the brother of humble
(DeenBandhu). Hence he cannot be brother of egoist. You may do
whatever you like, you are hitting your head against wall, unless ego
is shed.
Because of ego you try
to get recognized as good person outwardly and not try to become good
person from within.
Ego reduces your
tolerance. Small insults, bad words make you mad out of rage. You can
not get over any thing that goes against your wish. It gives rise to
anger. Out of anger you can take wrong decisions. You are not ready
to accept mistakes. This makes you prone to committing more sins.
High pitch emotions towards worldly persons makes your attachments
more strong. You further go away from God.
Therefore if you wish
to advance in spiritual world you must cultivate politeness,
endurance, tolerance and humility.
Gaurang Mahaprabhu
says,'Trinadapi sunichen Tarorapi Sahishunam, Amaniya mandeya
Kirtaniya sadaa hari"
Be more humble than the
blade of Grass. If someone tramples grass, it bows down and again
come up slowly.
Be more tolerant than a tree. If someone hits the
tree with stone, the tree returns its fruits. Fruit is the reply of
tree for getting hit by stone! Trees don't own fruits themselves.
They give it to others.
Do not desire own respect from others but
offer respect to others and keep on chanting name of Krishn. So said
Gaurang Mahaprabhu who was Krishn incarnate!