yogabodymindandsoul

Ishwara is the true essence that is within every human which is beyond afflictions,actions,results and intentions.

Being stuck in highly emotional states will lead to a decrese in energy levels or prana in the body. This prana can be used to turn inward through yoga

The evil that comes out of Ego is

1)Lying

2)Stealing

3)Killing

4)Cheating

5)Manipulating

A person who is full of Ego is alway stuck in expressing these qualities again and again.So it is important to work on the ego .

Svadyaya is self study where you work on your mind your ego and your samskaras. As you proceed into deep sadhana you will become aware of your thought patterns and how to become a Witness and how to navigate through different situations in life.

Greed is the main base from which all the other 5 qualities stems from.working on the body postures is not enough we also have to work on our identity and ego as well which will clear a lot of unnecessary thoughts that occur in our mind and enable us to focus on meditation.

The selfish ego gives rise to six qualities out of this the first three is Greed ,Anger and Intense Attachment. Where there is greed there is Anger and where there is greed and anger together it gives rise to Intense Attachment. So working on the ego is important to develope nonattachment.

Ego arises from the identity when the I and Mine needs defending and validation.Identity itself isn't
Necessarily ego.

Ego stems from being overly attached to your self image or identity and trying to defend the same. All your thoughts ,words and actions will be centered around your self image.

The story of Ego is something that will give u a clear understanding of how the ego is built up and how we are caught up in a cycle of Ego and loose focus on self realization.

The ego or Ahamkara is one of the layers of the mind you need to start working on once you move on to the practices of pranayama, prathyahara etc.