Kleshas - part 2

In this second episode on the Kleshas, we look at Asmita - ego,
and Avidya, the mother and father of all Kleshas. We spend quite
some time examining our own lives to see how much we have
identified with different roles - professional, family, social.
Identifying too much with any of these roles - motherhood
included - is going to involve some suffering at some
point.

We also look at the idea that egoism can be negative as well as
positive - thinking you're not good enough is just as damaging as
thinking you are God's Gift to the world. However, you do need
some self-esteem and hope to start on your yogic path, as well as
an enormous amount of faith. 

Avidya - the first Kleshas - has four parts. It's all about
ignorance - mistaking impermanence for permanence, impure for
pure, misery for happiness and non-Self for Self. If we could rid
ourselves of this four-fold ignorance, we wouldn't have to worry
about the other Kleshas.

But given how difficult that is, why not start working on one of
the others. Every effort will be rewarded! (In this episode there
is a mention of gay sex - it's not explicit, but you may want to
give consideration to those you may be listening with!)