Where is your enemy based? What are it's limits and what is it's impact and influence on you? Remember your enemy is you. How do you fight you? Identify the cancer before the radiation treatment can begin! Indiscriminate treatment can do more damage than cure.
The Egosphere
I would like to define something called the Egosphere. This is similar to the atmosphere that protects the earth from external forces. The atmosphere extends beyond the earth. While the atmosphere can protect the earth from external threats it actually helps the internal threat - trapping all the pollutants and harmful effects that come from the earth and it's inhabitants.
Similarly the Egosphere is a virtual layer that extends around your self from the inside out. We readily recognize the external threats to the self and fend them off to protect the ego and not the self! However the pollutants and harmful effects in the form of bad traits and characters in us do more damage to us from the inside and hurt the real self. In fact it is the ego that hurts the self the most using these instruments that we are not even aware of in the first place.
originally intended for posting on 4/15/2011
Monday, May 16, 2016
Friday, April 15, 2011
The Way of the Warrior
Are you ready for the battles? Do you intend to win the war?
If you answer yes to the above questions, please put away your weapons first - at least the external weapons! Unless you want to hurt yourself.. for the enemy that you are about to fight is within you. "One who controls others is strong, but one who controls himself is mighty". If you don't believe these words, then try the experiment for yourself and come back and let me know your findings. Just to clarify: the experiment is all about fighting your self, your ego.
If you answer yes to the above questions, please put away your weapons first - at least the external weapons! Unless you want to hurt yourself.. for the enemy that you are about to fight is within you. "One who controls others is strong, but one who controls himself is mighty". If you don't believe these words, then try the experiment for yourself and come back and let me know your findings. Just to clarify: the experiment is all about fighting your self, your ego.
If you agree with the saying read on..
The Decision
So you have decided to do battle on yourself. Before you embark on your effort, I have some friendly advice for you, rather I would like to introduce you to the way..
The Way of the Warrior
Since you are in this to win you need to know your enemy. Do you know you? That question may seem paradoxical even semantic nonsense, except that one who is asleep is not conscious of where he is sleeping, the only world he sees is the dream world. Similarly for the one who is unaware of himself, his self is a total stranger who happens to be his constant roommate and whom he ignores constantly - Familiarity breeds contempt? Or is it Fear of the Unknown? Let me warn you now. Don't do this at home by yourself, you need a qualified practioner to guide you or the results of your journey can be disastrous. More to come.. until then prepare for the battle on yourself!
Friday, September 12, 2008
empty your mind..
Before we start the quest for truth, I ask you to empty your mind. Let me break that down...
For you to listen rather than hear, you need to suspend your judgement. First hear me out and then judge what I said based on your knowledge base, beliefs, experience and any other filters you may use. If you agree then chew it on some more and if you feel good about it then go ahead and swallow it and digest it.
Allow me to further illustrate why you need to empty your mind with the following parable or anecdote:
2 men travelled a long way from their homes across continents, sailed across oceans, evaded robbers and con men and persevered through border checks and finally climbed a mountain in search of the ultimate wisdom. Finally they arrived at the mountain resort of a revered monk or holy man. The dwelling was carved into a mountain and seemed to almost blend in with it surroundings except for the wooden door. A young student who opened the door explained that the door was built to ward off the cold winds.
The student invited the men in and acknowledged that his master was the one they were in search of and asked them to wait when he got word to his master. The men sat on the bare rock floor and shuddered at the cold inside. The waiting room was threadbare - no furniture, paintings or any indication of human habitation.
After what seemed like an eternity the wise, old man finally entered and greeted them warmly . He sat down before them and waited for them to speak. The first one said to him" I don't see any furniture in your home?" The master shot back with a smile"Where is your furniture?" "But we are travellers and it would be inconvenient and almost impossible to carry our furniture with us on our travels. It would slows us down and deters us from achieving our objectives." explained the second man. The wise one replied "We are all travellers and we can all benefit by travelling light and by not hoarding possessions. In any case these possessions we cannot carry all the way to our destination and such they have limited uses. The wise one is he who can do with less than what he possesses." The 2 travellers nodded in silence already warming to the simple but profound truth that they were being served with.
"Wise master, please teach us the secret of life" said the first one. The master said"Let us start with some tea. I see that you are tired from your travels, the mind cannot be attentive when the body is tired." He nodded to his student who went away to get the tea. He came back with a small table put it in front of the guests and covered it with a table cloth that was white as snow. He neatly laid down a couple of bamboo cups and looked towards his master who motioned for him to pour the tea into the cup. The student began pouring the black tea into the cup dutifully and continued pouring waiting for his master 's next command. His master seemed totally oblivious to the fact that the tea had reached the brim of the cup. Meanwhile the 2 travellers were getting nervous, but the student continued pouring until the tea began to overflow and stain the white tablecloth. The second one was beside himself now"Please stop!" he blurted out. The master finally asked him to stop and told his guests"So you see when the cup is full, anything you add to it will overflow and not be retained by it. The mind is similar to the cup, if it is full of thoughts and ideas and biases and judgements and fears and apprehensions, then whatever I am going to teach you will have no impact and will overflow. So please start by emptying your mind."
This in essence is the secret of emptying the mind and is the first step to learning and evaluating something new that could prove to be profound. So I invite you to empty your mind and silence your inner critical voice. You can switch that back on after you are done reading.
Are you ready to embark on your journey? Stay tuned! I will talk to you soon through these pages on the worldwide web. If you have any comments and feedback, please let me know..
Greetings from
Your fellow traveller to infinity.
For you to listen rather than hear, you need to suspend your judgement. First hear me out and then judge what I said based on your knowledge base, beliefs, experience and any other filters you may use. If you agree then chew it on some more and if you feel good about it then go ahead and swallow it and digest it.
Allow me to further illustrate why you need to empty your mind with the following parable or anecdote:
2 men travelled a long way from their homes across continents, sailed across oceans, evaded robbers and con men and persevered through border checks and finally climbed a mountain in search of the ultimate wisdom. Finally they arrived at the mountain resort of a revered monk or holy man. The dwelling was carved into a mountain and seemed to almost blend in with it surroundings except for the wooden door. A young student who opened the door explained that the door was built to ward off the cold winds.
The student invited the men in and acknowledged that his master was the one they were in search of and asked them to wait when he got word to his master. The men sat on the bare rock floor and shuddered at the cold inside. The waiting room was threadbare - no furniture, paintings or any indication of human habitation.
After what seemed like an eternity the wise, old man finally entered and greeted them warmly . He sat down before them and waited for them to speak. The first one said to him" I don't see any furniture in your home?" The master shot back with a smile"Where is your furniture?" "But we are travellers and it would be inconvenient and almost impossible to carry our furniture with us on our travels. It would slows us down and deters us from achieving our objectives." explained the second man. The wise one replied "We are all travellers and we can all benefit by travelling light and by not hoarding possessions. In any case these possessions we cannot carry all the way to our destination and such they have limited uses. The wise one is he who can do with less than what he possesses." The 2 travellers nodded in silence already warming to the simple but profound truth that they were being served with.
"Wise master, please teach us the secret of life" said the first one. The master said"Let us start with some tea. I see that you are tired from your travels, the mind cannot be attentive when the body is tired." He nodded to his student who went away to get the tea. He came back with a small table put it in front of the guests and covered it with a table cloth that was white as snow. He neatly laid down a couple of bamboo cups and looked towards his master who motioned for him to pour the tea into the cup. The student began pouring the black tea into the cup dutifully and continued pouring waiting for his master 's next command. His master seemed totally oblivious to the fact that the tea had reached the brim of the cup. Meanwhile the 2 travellers were getting nervous, but the student continued pouring until the tea began to overflow and stain the white tablecloth. The second one was beside himself now"Please stop!" he blurted out. The master finally asked him to stop and told his guests"So you see when the cup is full, anything you add to it will overflow and not be retained by it. The mind is similar to the cup, if it is full of thoughts and ideas and biases and judgements and fears and apprehensions, then whatever I am going to teach you will have no impact and will overflow. So please start by emptying your mind."
This in essence is the secret of emptying the mind and is the first step to learning and evaluating something new that could prove to be profound. So I invite you to empty your mind and silence your inner critical voice. You can switch that back on after you are done reading.
Are you ready to embark on your journey? Stay tuned! I will talk to you soon through these pages on the worldwide web. If you have any comments and feedback, please let me know..
Greetings from
Your fellow traveller to infinity.
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