Consciousness only points to itself—it abides by itself. The ego, and all its ideologies, points to others—it needs them to sustain.
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5 · "How can I deal with this 'other'" is the ego's way of thinking. Never, "Who am I to be? What is my task and duty?"
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6 · As long as we allow the ego to dictate our actions we only live in a simulacrum of reality. We never get to taste the real thing.
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7 · We are never there. We are never truly present; what is present is the constant calculation of the ego against the 'other'.
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8 · Here is where ideologies get born. Here is where beliefs rush in to support the ego. Here is where bias, and violence, come in.
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9 · To consider life as something 'other' than oneself, is inherently violent. It is inherently oppositional, and inherently self-defeating.
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10 · Those who operate like this live in a fear so constant that they can never let go of themselves, or what they perceive as themselves.
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11 · For life cannot be something 'other' than you. No matter how you interpret it. Your existence is synonymous with existence itself.
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12 · The beauty and the spirit of life cannot be experienced standing outside of it. It can only be a 'letting-go', a deep renunciation.
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13 · The ego is ultimately defeated no matter the course of action it produces. One way or another, life is lost. The rest is details.
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14 · Catch your ego in the act, and drop it. Resist the easy answer of 'the other'. Point the finger back to yourself. And awaken to it.
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