But, don’t be fooled. The ego wants a shiny expensive car, brand name clothes, prestigious position, power, fame. Having is the spice of life and the ego needs more. In the Great Depression in the U.S., people jump out of windows to their death because the ego lost its sense of worth. It is unbelievable that the ego can convince you to terminate itself when not able to have a shallow life.
By no means am I suggesting that you can’t enjoy life. Life can be fun. Doug McMillan from The Fruit of Life... states in his blog post How Funny Is Humour? Let's take a look at its fruit . . . :
“....life is good, if you don't believe me just ask someone to put a pillow over your face for a couple of minutes and see how you react to that! You get my point? I take it that you do. So, breathe easy now, and let's you and I talk about enjoying the life we have here and now.
There is no healthier way to die than through natural causes, having lived a good old life. We only get 70-80 years on average, if we're lucky, and so we could do worse than making sure we eat good wholesome food and drink good wholesome drinks . . . even if we do enjoy a glass or two of wine once in a while.”
The issue starts when you can’t live without more of something, when more is needed to keep you happy. It is at that point that one should realize that the ego is running the show and simplicity and self is missing.
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The older I get the less I care about things. In fact, it's more than that. I want NOT to have things. It's freeing.
Of course, this doesn't apply to everything. I still like the comfort of a well stocked wine rack. :)
A stocked wine rack is the only way to go. We actually started to cellar some about 2 years ago. I look forward to drinking some... in 2014 - 2020. ;-D
All I want is to understand how Linux works. That's it! :)
I agree Fay. The older I get the less I want "things". I feel most happy when I can be happy with what is now.
Hi, and Thank You for the mention Mr. Methodic, and yes, you're quite right about the I-ego wanting...but what does it want? It wants anything to assuage its unhappiness, even, interestingly, enlightenment; which it thinks will remove unhappiness on a personal level.
The only problem here is that there is no such thing as personal enlightenment; in fact liberation is the end of the person. real or true Enlightenment is the release from the burden of being a separate individual with a separate personality or I-Ego. It's the realization that there is only nothingness being everything simultaneously 'BANG'...like 'THIS, which is all there 'IS'.
Such liberation is, seemingly, rare indeed, but after liberation life still goes on. Homes are lived in and cleaned, gardens tendered, cars bought...it all simply 'happens', but there is no one it is happening to, there is NO person, there is simply 'being', which is happening through form . . . without attachment :-)
Well... hm nowadays I just don't know what I want, my mind jumps from one desire to another... and it's annoying, and I'm getting bored of my own mind. That's all I know... today.
On the other hand, the bad thing about money is that we're so dependant of it and I can't help to feel so useless when I realise that perhaps unconsciously I'm a slave of some-thing... some so common and petty thing like money. Arggr
hm...
Perhaps we've invented 'money' to be attached to some-thing by having our minds busy thinking all time on how to get it and spend it instead of thinking about more important things like UFOs. o_X
Errrr, sorry... i'm rambling :D and just returning the visit btw. And sorry for the immense amount of 'well written' nonsense above. :)
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