Haumai, literally “I, I”, is self-centredness: the sense of being a separate doer. The Gurus call it a chronic disease that also carries its own cure, for when ego recognises the hukam it dissolves. The person ruled by haumai is manmukh, turned to the self; the one ruled by the Guru is gurmukh.
Haumai
Egoism, “I-me”: in Sikh teaching, the root affliction that separates the soul from God.
Also: Haumai, ego