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Soul Sustenance 06-07-2013
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Understanding And Overcoming Ego
Identification with the ego and the external self creates a false identity and extremes
of feeling inferior, or superior, depending on the circumstances and people. It
brings with it the thought of 'I am', which is based on gender, religion, nationality,
achievement or talent, creating an attachment to the self, which always compares
and competes with others. This insecurity leads a person into forcing others to
act and think in the same way as them. An egoistic person, rather than recognizing
that everyone is unique with a unique personality and has a right to express his/her
respective personality, sees difference in personalities as a threat to himself/herself.
Where there is such ego, only yes people (who have the same opinion as yours) are
allowed to come close: anyone with a difference of opinion is rejected. With ego,
the original uniqueness of the self is denied, unrecognized and buried deep in the
layers of wrong identity. This is why, these days, there is such an identity crisis
- humanity has lost its soul, or rather, sold its soul to external traditions and
attractions.
With ego, then: is the idea of ‘I know best' and consequently the misunderstood
duty and right to control and manipulate others, in their best interests (supposedly)!
This results in the spoiling of the creativity and uniqueness of others.
(To be continued tomorrow…)
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Message for the day 06-07-2013
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Pure feelings reach out and bring benefit to others.
Projection: When there is someone who is being negative, we tend to think
or speak about the negativity we perceive at that time. To think about negativity
is to imbibe a little of that negativity within our mind. Then our mind is no more
pure and so whatever thoughts we have for that person don't have any positive influence
and there is no benefit for them.
Solution: If we see someone using some weakness, we need to pay special attention
not to think or speak about it. Instead we need to concentrate on some speciality
of the other person. This gives them the encouragement to use it. The more we see
negative, the more negative they will be with us and the more we see positive the
more positive they'll be with us.
In Spiritual Service,
Brahma Kumaris