Life without ego is the Yoga mentioned in Bhagavad Gita 2.48. Would be good but an idealistic view for most in the present world. It is something that humans with cognitive brain, giving importance to the self find difficult to avoid. With some effort could try to minimize giving harmony and peace. Especially help to find the balance of Yoga.
Moral values are all around us. It is matter of picking to harness those that allows us balance better. Movies are a good start, as all movies tend to deliver idea/point/moral/act of good principles to the viewers of course alongwith other commercial aspects.
Recently watched Ayyappanum Koshiyum (AK), a Malayalam movie portraying how a small incident is blown out due to protagonists ego and at end subtly vanishes.
The gap between athma (soul or sub-conscious) and conscious self widens due to acts performed by ego to satisfy the conscious self that pleases the five senses leaving the athma unsatisfied which gives birth cycles. Only when the conscious self acts as per the athma one reaches to selfless state. This evenness of mind is Buddhi-Yoga as mentioned in Bhagavad Gita. Could be termed as the state of Moksha.
The movie AK could be categorized as a spiritual movie (by the core message which I felt it was delivering). The movie clawed and dragged me into life incidents where my ego had played and is playing a part. Are we able to spare moments in our life to bridge the gap between athma and self, shelving the ego? How much are we noticing and absorbing the values around us in a world surrounded with excessive information and noise? Are we even digesting the information to be absorbed by the mind?
With growing on-demand video; if right morals are picked from movies maybe route to evenness of mind. Watch when you need might allow us to pick the good from the noise. Keep a healthy mind in yogic state for a rejoiceful spiritual journey towards Moksha.
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