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    The document tells a story about a young woodpecker who pecks at a large oak tree. When lightning suddenly splits the tree, the woodpecker believes it was his own strength that caused the tree to fall. This story is used to illustrate what ego is - taking credit for things that are simply happening rather than something you are actively doing. The document advises watching experiences without ego and translating any sense of "doing" into an understanding that "it is simply happening", which can help the ego disappear.

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    The document tells a story about a young woodpecker who pecks at a large oak tree. When lightning suddenly splits the tree, the woodpecker believes it was his own strength that caused the tree to fall. This story is used to illustrate what ego is - taking credit for things that are simply happening rather than something you are actively doing. The document advises watching experiences without ego and translating any sense of "doing" into an understanding that "it is simply happening", which can help the ego disappear.

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    What Is This EGO Osho

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    The document tells a story about a young woodpecker who pecks at a large oak tree. When lightning suddenly splits the tree, the woodpecker believes it was his own strength that caused the tree to fall. This story is used to illustrate what ego is - taking credit for things that are simply happening rather than something you are actively doing. The document advises watching experiences without ego and translating any sense of "doing" into an understanding that "it is simply happening", which can help the ego disappear.

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    QUESTION : What is this EGO ?

    OSHO :

    An ancient story :

    A young woodpecker,

    who felt exceedingly vigorous one morning,

    looked around the forest and decided to start the day by pecking a huge oak.

    He had just gotten off to a good start

    when a bolt of lightning split the tree from top to bottom.

    The bird hustled out from under the debris,

    looked up at what was left of the tree,

    and murmured with a shudder, "My ! I did not even know my own strength !!"

    .......................

    This is what ego is.

    It is a misinterpretation -

    what is already happening, you think you are doing it.

    Just a translation from HAPPENING to DOING is the creation of the ego.

    Watch,

    and whenever you feel that you are DOING something

    translate it to IT IS HAPPENING ; read "IT IS HAPPENING"


    and the ego will disappear.

    All is happening, nothing is being done.

    There is no ''doer'' and no "do-ee",

    IT IS ALL HAPPENING.

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