India, Dec. 21 -- On World Meditation Day, Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar shares how meditation is the antidote to ego:

The 'I' or ego is like a tiny atom. When the ego identifies with the body, it becomes miserable. But when it is associated with the spirit, it becomes divine. In a huge atomic reactor, it is just one atom that explodes. In the same way, in our whole body, there is just one atom of 'I.' When this 'I' explodes, it becomes the light of the Self.

Ego is identifying: 'I am this or I am that,' and ego is also 'I am not this and I am not that.' Ego is a sense of separation from others, it is the belief that you are different or exclusive from this universal creation. Thinking you are very good, better than all others, or that y...