I don't wish to discredit our advancement in so many areas of life, nonetheless what has brought about this advancement has also caused the perpetuation of the ego. This in turn has brought about much evil; destruction to this Earth, ourselves, animals , other human beings, etc . We have traded personal attention for efficiency. This land we live in is riddled with crime and disease. Surely we have found a cure for many diseases,; we have created antibiotics. We have also created, stronger strands, and other possible diseases, excessive drug use, among many things. We have disrupted the Earth's flow.
I often find myself, living in ways of the past. Surely I live in 2011, but my spirit is in earlier times. I sometimes like doing things the old fashioned way. I like being able to make my own bread, in mixing things by hand. I take joy in planting my own vegetables, in making things from scratch. Its as if trying to remain as pure and as close as we can to rawness. finding the nature in things. I don't want to say that I don't enjoy today's commodities, I do, but I have also taken an appreciation of what used to be good, I have taken an appreciation for the unity of things, and feeling the soul in everything that surrounds us. These feelings have been brought about with, 25 years of living, the many people I have met, and the many books I have read. One such book that has especially made me reflect on these type of idea is A New Earth, awakening to your life's purpose, by Eckhart Tolle. Tolle believes that transcendence of our egos can bring about great personal happiness, and a major ingredient in ending conflict through out of the world. Based on these ideas and inspired by this book, i have written the following poem. Ego
No you are not one of these or many of these.
Not thoughts of who you are,a description of yourself,
nor a list of abilities, make YOU.
Thoughts, forms, roles, abilities and disabilities,
doctrines, ideologies, political systems, and institutions do not make YOU.
It is merely the ego's claim for power and identity.
It is justification of being right, and a separation from everything that IS.
All the things that you believe to make you who you are,
have no form, no presence.
Having presence can only be had in the present, in the NOW.
War and conflict are caused by the ego's search for power.
In judging others, the ego is glorified, and given applause.
We believe to be right, morally superior, and somehow,
in the right to feel this way.
Only recognition of the ego and self awareness can unite us all.
Feeling the COMMON HUMANITY,
Unity with everything animate and non living,
feeling omnipotence with God.
The cure for this collective human dysfunction, is awareness.
Eliminate those boundaries that the ego creates.
My, mine, attachment and identification with material things, labels, and ideas,
causes separation from others, and a downward spiral,
into perpetuation, and retribution, action and reaction.
It is the rejection of something greater , something inherent in us all
a common humanity.
The ABSOLUTE TRUTH.
