So long as your ego is enveloping you, you cannot have the glimpse of your Spirit. But it is useless to fight with your ego. In Sahaja Yoga [union with the Divine within you] you do not have to fight with your ego, but you just have to see, because your attention itself gets awakened and your ego cools down by just seeing, as the seeing is illuminating. In that light you witness the play of your ego and laugh at it. As you start seeing yourself, your ego starts getting deflated and as the ego is deflated, you rise in your light.

Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi