Guest guest Posted February 21, 2000 Report Share Posted February 21, 2000 Hi Karen, That's a very nice portrait of our friend the ego you posted. It brings up something I often wonder about, the idea that meditation sort of banishes the ego automatically. Sometimes I wonder if some people meditate for many years and manage to keep their ego strong and healthy. Their spiritual development becomes a source of pride. Maybe it depends *how* we meditate? I don't know. Laura - <Dreamstudy99 <Realization > Monday, February 21, 2000 8:57 AM Cassie/Tim > Dreamstudy99 > > Laura, if you will indulge me for a moment, I would like to share a Lesson > from my days at the School of Metaphysics. > > I The Ego > > I, the Ego have been waxing fat off the land. I am that part of each of you > that says, " I did this and I did that. " I am Pride and Prestige. > > I must be noticed or I cry and scream. As a child I have tantrums and as an > adult I cry. I am the introvert; shy and retiring when I have been hurt. I > respond to praise, notice compliments. > > I will go to all ends to make you notice me; I laugh; I clown; I play the > Fool, the Sage, the Wise One, the Hurt One, the Persecuted One. I am even > the Murderer that all know and read about, for I will be noticed in one form > or another. > > Jealous I am and when others climb up the ladder and I don't, I feel > insecure. When others are praised and I'm not, I feel invalidated. I give, > but always with a hook; you must acknowledge my gifts and tell me you like it > or I am hurt. For I have not learned to give through love and expect nothing. > > If I do something I must see the result, and what is more important they must > know I did it for I must be recognized. I am very subtle when it serves my > ends and just when you think I am gone, I rear my head. > > I am very vain and proud; tell me how great I am and I am happy. Don't let me > know how great I am and I will feel hurt and crawl back into my shell and > cry, " well fine, if that's the way you're going to act then I will not share > my gifts or my thoughts with you. No longer will I be your friend. " I retreat > and become more alone. > > I don't like this spiritual life, for it threatens my life and makes me > uneasy. Pompous ceremonies are fine, but oh, these meditations are terribly > hard on me. > > I don't like people who meditate because they begin thinking of others and > not me and wanting to help others and deny me. Why, I am made to sacrifice my > self in order that they can do things for others and.......I DON'T LIKE IT!! > > Gads! It's horrible being in a body that does this meditating very long. Soon > I start screaming and having all kinds of tantrums; but, damn it, if they > continue in their meditations, then these little tricks of mine don't have > much effect on them and I'm unhappy. I try my darndest to make them feel > alone, unhappy, persecuted, unwanted, unloved, not belonging, sick, crabby, > restless, hungry, tired. Oh, I have all sorts of things I pull out of my bag > of tricks. For once I get my foot in the door I can play on the emotions in > one form or another. I want them to know what they are doing to me. > > I hate spiritual people who are humble, gracious and loving. That's the worst > part of it all....LOVE...That Just Kills Me. Particularly this.......Universal > Love Bit...... > > When they persist in this Love and Meditation, I am so unhappy and I cry, > " you're killing me. " All they say to me is that my " carnal self dieth daily. " > Gads, that's me they are killing. Finally, I sink beside the bed crying out > for help. They are crucifying me on the cross of matter...Me, the Ego; The > Carnal Self. I plead, " Don't do this to me, we have been together for so > long; without you I am dead. " > > All they say to me is, " you must die in on order that I may live, for by your > living, I, the soul am unhappy, and can be hurt and I react to all kinds of > hateful, negative remarks and acts in the world. " Thus, for many lives you > have made me unhappy and alone. Now you must die!!! > > What will happen to me now, is there no life at all for me? I ask. " No " , they > reply, " You must die as the carnal ego and the atoms from which you come be > dispersed and sent forth this time for a higher calling and blest in the name > of Christ that hereafter they will be assembled together and used only for > good. " > > " So good-bye my Ego. God bless you into a higher form of life " , they said to > me. Thus I died; I the Ego. But I will be reborn anew in a different > vibratory pattern and one day I will learn the lesson of ....Universal Love!! > > > ------ > Get what you deserve with NextCard Visa! 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Guest guest Posted February 21, 2000 Report Share Posted February 21, 2000 Hello, I would like to join my voice with yours Laura in thanking Karen for the post on ego. I would also like to say that I admire the effort and grace you have shown as you have striven to lessen the recent conflict. I have two favorite lists and it is this one and the contemplativeEclective and the reasons I like these two lists are because of my admiration for the leadership style. Judy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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