Ego driven cyclic behaviour patterns
The sense of separation from the sacred and therefore, non-awareness of one’s true nature, gives rise to the empirical ego in a fragile body, leading to fearfulness and deficiency. This gives rise to cravings (trisna) towards temporary sense gratification to substitute and compensate the inner sense of deficiency. (sggs 42)
Cravings bring about attachments towards oneself, objects, sensations or people, which intensify becoming greed (lobh). When the ego is prevented or threatened in the pursuit of greed or lust, it gives rise to fire (energy) of anger.
Anger creates the experience of internal turmoil and intoxicates oneself. (sggs 152) To pacify or divert attention, the empirical ego engages in lust (kaam), which create additional attachments. (sggs 210)
These attachments, together with three other cyclic behaviour patterns, rob the consciousness from gaining self-awareness, of its spiritual self. These four cyclic patterns are attachments (moh), greed, (lobh) anger (kroad) and lust (kaam). Within Sikh though they are referred to as the five thieves, robbing awareness from realising its innate desire to awaken to its true self.
