Muṇḍaka Upaniṣad, for instance, shows how misconstrued notions of the self keep the ego bounded within narrow confines and suggests that the discovery of the unchanging foundations of selfhood in pure consciousness helps in overcoming ego boundaries so as to rid oneself of selfishness and experience limitless joy and compassion. While the aim of psychoanalysis involves strengthening the ego to avoid pathological consequences of an unruly id, the focus in Indian Psychology is on overcoming the ego boundaries and thereby attaining superior states of being." /> Finding the self and losing the ego in the state of pure consciousness - | sdvig press