Systems engineering, smart professionals and egolessness - HigherCons2024-03-28T23:24:48Zhttp://bodymindheartspirit.ning.com/forum/topics/505106:Topic:6972?feed=yes&xn_auth=noShailendra:
Interesting post…tag:bodymindheartspirit.ning.com,2008-06-28:505106:Comment:71512008-06-28T15:41:12.000ZBijay Rauthttp://bodymindheartspirit.ning.com/profile/bijayraut
Shailendra:<br />
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Interesting post! Many spiritual teachers talk about Ego, as well as Pride, being the two most challenging obstacles on the spiritual path. In my own experience, I have found these two as tough nuts to crack.<br />
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Let me share a poem titled "Ego and Pride" that I wrote in my own little effort to subdue these two rocky mountains. Nevertheless, I am still working on this. Long way to go man! :-)<br />
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<b>Ego and Pride</b><br />
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In the tumultuous world of desires,<br />
In the thick veil of the…
Shailendra:<br />
<br />
Interesting post! Many spiritual teachers talk about Ego, as well as Pride, being the two most challenging obstacles on the spiritual path. In my own experience, I have found these two as tough nuts to crack.<br />
<br />
Let me share a poem titled "Ego and Pride" that I wrote in my own little effort to subdue these two rocky mountains. Nevertheless, I am still working on this. Long way to go man! :-)<br />
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<b>Ego and Pride</b><br />
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In the tumultuous world of desires,<br />
In the thick veil of the <i>Maya</i>,<br />
In the darkness of the ignorance,<br />
And in the agitation of the Mind,<br />
These two are the kings – Ego and Pride.<br />
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In the longing of the worldly achievements,<br />
In the pursuit of the little self,<br />
In the vanity of the human affairs,<br />
And in the shallowness of the Heart,<br />
These two erect their towers – Ego and Pride.<br />
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They stray us from the real Self,<br />
Into the dusty and stormy roads of delusion,<br />
In the vain sense of somebody important,<br />
They take life out of the life,<br />
They conceal the humanity from the humans,<br />
And suppress the love that binds us as common.<br />
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I can see your mischievous acts,<br />
I can feel your enticing glamour,<br />
I can smell your irresistible aroma,<br />
And, I can perceive your dreadful consequence,<br />
O, you twins of negativity,<br />
Don’t you dare think you are here for eternity.<br />
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Like the fate of the darkest night,<br />
With the dawn of the morning Sun,<br />
Like the state of the gloomy winter,<br />
With the arrival of the cheerful spring,<br />
Will your fate be sealed – you Ego and Pride,<br />
With the uncovering of the Self and the lifting of all veils.<br />
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-by Bijay Raut