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Ego is the greatest hurdle for your ascent. You see that ego is at a place where you have to just cross to go to Sahasrara, and to break Sahasrara is very easy otherwise. But if there is ego, you are already lost in that ego.

Nirmala Srivastava

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Nirmala Srivastava
Age: 87 †
Born: 1923
Born: March 21
Died: 2011
Died: February 23
Yoga Instructor
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Ego
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Cross
Easy
Crosses
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Yoga
Spirit
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Meditation
Hurdle
Love
Already
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