Written by Mathew Naismith
A fundamental question I think spiritually aware people who
desire possessions or betterment in anyway should ask themselves , “can I have possessions
and better myself and have a non-controlling
ego at the same time? “ This seems like a dilemma but it’s not.
Like the American Indians and other ancient people, knowing
you don’t personally own anything especially the ground we walk on is the key. Most of us work hard for what we get and the harder
we work the more we take ownership of what we worked hard for. This is a good indication that the ego is in
control I feel however to rid ourselves or soften the controlling factors of
the ego try thinking like the following; you never personally own anything no
matter how hard we worked for it.
This is so easily said but not so easy to exercise mainly
because the harder we are forced to work for what we obtain the more possessive
we become, it’s a snow balling effect of the controlling ego. Compared to even fifty years ago, we have
become a lot more egotistical collectively, the ego just keeps on accumulating
as it goes on just like a snow ball running loose down a hill!!
It’s obvious the ego is out of control to the detriment to
the very thing we rely on for our very existence, Earth itself. What kind of
being would do this, an aware being or an unaware being and what seems to be
causing this unawareness in such beings?
A being with an out of control controlling ego would destroy
anything not serving the ego immediately; this is accomplished through an out
of control ego making us very unaware of anything outside of what feeds our immediate
desires. It’s absolutely incredible how powerful and destructive an out of
control ego can be. When you become the
observer you can see so many simular traits of an out of control ego to what we
deem as the devil/demon. The big
difference is we are controlled by yet bigger egos so there is little chance of
most of us becoming more devilish like, which of course is a blessing.
The controlling factors of the ego are all about possessions,
possessions of material & mental gain. Power over others mentally is just
as much about possessions than material possessions because once you are in
this power playing position you do feel you own these people under you, if not
the people themselves at least their minds.
So in all it’s noticeably not easy to just say I don’t own
anything no matter how hard I worked for it mainly because of the snow balling effect
of the ego. Once you get caught up in
the snow balls path it’s very hard to dislodge from however it of course isn’t
impossible and actually it’s easier than what it seems. It of course all comes down to how aware you
want to be which is like how much do you want to be free of this snow balling
effect!! We can have our possessions and
a non-controlling ego however we must always realise we truly never really own
anything personally, it’s all on loan to us including what we think!!
The ego self is a must within realities like this one however
life turns chaotic when we think we possess what we dominate or acquire the use
of, to release ourselves of this chaos all we need to do is stop being so
possessive of mind body and yes even soul.
After this, everything you accumulate
you realise you never really own, now that’s freedom!!
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