A person who performs all of his or her
actions without attachment to the results is acting in a way that does not
involve the ego. When you can act without ego and still do everything to the
best of your ability, with courage and enthusiasm, you will not be affected by
the impact of success or failure. When you act ruthlessly and with greed in an effort
to get what you want, you will easily become overly jubilant with success or
depressed with failure. To act dishonestly with malice or deceit sets in motion
a series of consequences that will lead to disturbing fluctuations of both body
and mind. Similarly, if you become lazy and procrastinate you will find
yourself easily dejected and unhappy with the life you have created for
yourself.