EGO AND SELF CONFIDENCE

According to Sigmund Freud,  Ego is our reaction to the external world and how we respond to our internal forces. In Bhagawad Gita Krishna says to Arjuna, "nirmano nirahamkarah sa santim adigacchhati," which means, "those without the sense of ownership and egoism attain peace." He referring to aham in an objective sense as egoism. The word "aham" appears in the Bhagavad Gita numerous times, mostly in a subject sense. 

The Bible also says the same. "It is easier for a camel to  go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God." (Mark 10:25) Here the rich is not one with money, gold, land and such wealth. The major constituent in a 'rich' is his self - the ego. Jesus says here that unless one surrender with all his wealth one cannot enter into the kingdom of heaven.

Self confidence and ego are two different concepts. Self confidence is the faith in one's own abilities and the belief in oneself. Where as ego is the passion for self interest without any consideration of good or bad or whether it hurt others or not. The only consideration is that the self should be pleased.

"When the mighty father became old the son protect him, and then he thinks that he is mightier than the father, and that is ego."

K V George