If you attempt to control your ego or beat it into submission, you'll find that it is really another ego pattern that has slipped through the back door. Don't think that you have to get rid of your ego or destroy it.
Look at it this way: you have a siamese twin that is constantly making noise, attacking, complaining, and making your life miserable; an endless fountain of negativity that, if you react to with more negativity, you'll get more of the same.
The only way is to allow the negativity to exhaust itself without giving it any nourishment (reaction/more negativity). When it is allowed to play out without getting any reaction, it slowly dies out. It is throwing tennis balls in your face, and will soon tire of it when you don't throw them back in revenge.
Now, even someone who you could call 'enlightened' can still experience ego activity, but then the ego is simply allowed to wear itself out without ever being given any reality. With time, the ego will gradually dissolve and maybe even disappear completely at some point, but this is not necessary. The only thing you ever need to do is be aware of the ego patterns, to see them for what they are, and thus not give them a foundation to build on.
So in your particular case, you can start observing your ego activity right now, and then when the time comes that you have millions of dollars, your awareness will have become strong enough so that the ego isn't able to pull you in anymore. |