Guest guest Posted July 9, 2004 Report Share Posted July 9, 2004 Pride is perhaps the last stronghold of the ego. If the universe can work perfectly fine without the ego, then what role has pride? The ego will probably not let go of pride no matter what. So if pride drops away you can be fairly sure that it is the universe who is the sole doer and that the ego has not done anything ever. If the ego has not done anything, why then is pride needed? The answer is that the ego is necessary to create the illusion of being a separate individual. This is Lila, or God's divine game of hide and seek. So the answer would be that pride is needed as a part of God's game; existence playing with itself. But why this suffering and all these wars? The anwser may be that God's game is infinite and is going on for all eternity. Contemplate infinity. But if pride drops away, then will the game end? No, pride can remain, even though you in reality know that you are not doing anything. Pride then becomes entertainment. Winning a game - pride. Loosing a game - shame. Do you want to play again? :-) What about all starving children? God's game is probably bigger than anyone can imagine. And what is time? When did time begun? I say that time begun now, and that there never has been any starving children. There has never been any past. The material world is Maya, sheer illusion. " The world is unreal to the core. -- Nisargadatta Maharaj " But the world is real " , you may say. Then: dream on! :-) /AL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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