28. Good and bad are two sides of the same coin and the coin here is the ego

Good is as much a part of ego as bad is because they are two sides of the same coin. If you think you have no ego just because you are good then it is absolutely wrong. It is your jeev atma or ego or “I” who is doing good or bad. Most of the people want to be good or do good to please others so that they can take advantage of them  or they do it because they ( their ego ) want to be liked by everyone.  This is all an act of ego. Most of the people do good to satisfy the needs of their ego. Only when you go beyond both good & bad,  then you go beyond your ego & experience your soul or become one with your soul, which is neither good nor bad. To go beyond your ego is not easy because to do that you have to go beyond all your desires, needs, attachments, all good and bad karma and become nothing, with no identity. Till the time you have desire to do good or be good , you are still caught in your ego. The people who have experienced the ultimate truth will tell you that bad is always hidden underneath good and good is always hidden underneath bad. That is why people who are good or do good have the potential in them to become equally bad anytime and people who are bad or do bad have the equal potential to become good anytime. As i said before till the time ego exists, there is always potential of this energy becoming positive or negative because good & bad are the two sides of the same coin called ego. People who are extremely conscious & aware and who are at the higher consciousness planes can have the ability to be aware and conscious of their ego and go beyond their ego and act according to their soul ( higher consciousness & energy ) which is neither good nor bad, it is completely and totally selfless. These are the people who have become one with their soul. So dont think yourself to be an egoless person just because you are a good person or you do good. To do true selfless acts , you have to first go beyond your identity, or self and become desireless. It should not matter to you whether someone likes you or dislikes you, whether someone appreciates you or criticises you. If you do anything to get an appreciation or respect or love or any pleasure or fame, then you are doing that act to simply satisfy your ego. A true and honest selfless act can come through a person who has no desires or needs , who has no attachments, who is neither bothered about doing good or bad , who has truly gone beyond all good and bad within him and outside him. Even the desire to do good comes from the ego. When i say desireless, it means having no desire of doing either good or bad. You then simply act through your soul ( higher consciousness & energy ) or through god ( supreme consciousness & energy ) which is neither good nor bad , it is only the best possible action in the given situation , which is beyond good and bad.