lundi 7 février 2011

PVM-Part 2

A few things went unsaid in the last blog regarding purpose, value and meaning. The ego needs us to believe in these concepts to justify it's existence. Let's look at the concept of purpose. We might start out with the belief that "we all need a purpose," but again if you look carefully, what is need and are you sure you would die or at least be miserable without it? Where does purpose come from and who decides what is your purpose? Purpose actually gives you a great excuse not to look inward, not to examine the veracity of your thoughts. Purpose is outside yourself.

Another belief--Work or for that matter family, friends or lovers provide value to our lives. Again what does that mean? What is value? And what happens if you don't have it? I can assure you that ego tells you that you will have a miserable existence or you might even die without value as validated by these outside sources. (But then again how times are you miserable with a job, family or friends?)

I propose these questions because the only way i know to destroy the ego is through asking questions. The answers are not as important as simply asking questions. Asking questions creates a space where doubt can creep in--just maybe this thought isn't true, just maybe. What happens when you allow yourself the possibility that a thought, that the virtual reality might not be the reality? On the one hand there is nothing to do, but on the other hand, intent, desire or even an honest question can allow for the insertion of a virus that destroys the mental program. If you are happy enough, content enough or satisfied enough DON'T START MESSING WITH THE PROGRAM. Don't ask questions, instead keep looking outside for answers. This is will allow you to stay neatly within the program, neatly within your comfort zone.

Purpose, Value and Meaning

I recently heard these words as "good" reasons to keep working although retirement age had come and gone. Purpose, value and meaning. These words were pronounced with such solemnity that i knew they were my friend's heart mantra. She probably repeated them to herself several times a day and certainly whenever the voice arose that said after 75 years you can relax. No way.

Actually that was not the first time i have heard those words. It seems like they are often quoted in studies that show working is good for you, in newspaper or magazine articles about aging and even as a rah, rah to youngsters encouraging them to "get on track." Does anybody see how terrifying this brainwashing is? The point is not to say that working is bad and everyone should just quit. It is a little more subtle than that. It is seeing once again how collective egos conspire together to get you to look outward for satisfaction, happiness and love or rather purpose, meaning and value. If you look to your job for validation, do you see you are trapped right out of the gate? If anything goes wrong with your job, whammo there goes your value. If you quit your job or are fired, whammo there goes your purpose and if you aren't working well obvy, there is no meaning. And now we start to get to the heart of things--no purpose, value or meaning.

If you begin to look at your ego, really look at it you won't find it anywhere. Why? Because in reality it doesn't exist. Let's back up and give a very broad definition of ego--basically that repository of everything you think, in particular anything involving duality, right/wrong, good/bad, worthwhile/worthless etc. Another way of saying that is anything that you believe is true or false or anything you think you "should or shouldn't do" or "should or shouldn't be." Now have you found any physical evidence of your ego? Of course the great manifestors that we are, we literally make something out of nothing. We can take a thought and y viola create physical proof of its' existence. Eg. The thought--I can't do math. You take a math test. You fail. You look at the big fat F in red at the top of your test--proof. But this is the effect of the ego not the actual ego. Keep looking for its lair. You won't find it because ego doesn't exist.

Ego's biggest fear is that you will discover that it doesn't exist in reality. It exists solely in the virtual reality of the mind. The only way it keeps the human enslaved is by convincing the human that it must continue to look outward for answers to whatever nagging questions or thoughts arise regarding the futility of the virtual life. If, or hopefully when, you stop, sit down and look inside really look inside. Look in every nook and cranny, every dark, dusty corner you will realize that ego does not exist and you will find your freedom. In the meantime without throwing a mental nuclear bomb into your life you can become aware of how many times the collective egos rally together to keep the humans looking outside themselves for purpose, value and meaning.