Dadaji is very clear about the incompatibility of ego and self-realization. Unlike the other gurus and religious thinkers, he believes that the ego can just drop away without any conscious effort or retraining. Dadaji sees the ego as the main thing separating an individual from God, and looks at gurus and religion as manmade ego creations that keep one from seeing God. Your mind is attached to what you think others are thinking about you. Ego is the basis of many other blinding ailments.
Someone gets their feelings hurt when criticized or is flattered when praised, that is ego.
A criticism or praise is nothing but a word or sound, yet it affects deeply some center inside us. And, that is the seat of the ego. Unless you are shorn of ego and are beyond your mind, you cannot be in tune with Him. Although Dadaji lives in a world of business and the family, he is still aware of human love as a possible attachment. His Love is pure and everlasting.