How Much Is That Ego in the Doorway?

[Guest guest]

One of the traps of the spiritual path

is the obese ego in the narrow doorway.

It's sad to see seekers spend years

looking for a way out, just to get stuck

in it when they find it. But some people,

comically, become very proud, and self-

satisfied, as soon as they realize they

don't really exist. Imagine that!

 

Ego inflation is a common phenomenon. And

very easy to spot in these lists. Easy that

is, for others, not for the inflated ego

itself. Usually, they are prone to list

their spiritual accomplishment when people

don't take them seriously:

" I can... I had... I realized... I'm the

Self... And they become very angry, and

write long indictments about their imagined

competitors, as if, there is room only

for their own view. These people are often,

their worse enemies. Their long tirades

are embarrassing to read, but they cannot

see that because they have only eyes

for themselves and their accomplishments.

 

Not a pretty sight,

 

Pete