A human being is part of a whole, called by us the Universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings, as something separated from the rest a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circles of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.
~ Albert Einstein
Showing posts with label ego. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ego. Show all posts
Thursday, February 18, 2010
Tuesday, March 13, 2007
Self-made or God-made?
The trouble with self-made men is that they tend to worship their creator.
~ Anonymous
~ Anonymous
Tuesday, December 12, 2006
Ego
Egobotomy.
Have you ever heard the word before? Not me. In fact, it isn’t listed in my dictionary. But my hair cutter used it very creatively today in describing how she prayed to God for release from self-will.
“Not my plan, but your plan. Not my will, but your will,” she said she pleaded to God.
“Give me an egobotomy!” she exclaimed with passion and partial chagrin over having made too many mistakes in life because of self-centeredness.
I admired her resolve to be more humble and God-serving rather than self-serving. I had never thought of her as having an ego issue.
Any word with the suffix “-botomy” on the end sounds gruesome to me and something to avoid, but nonetheless, her inspiration had a catchy ring to it that impacted my thought in a creative way.
I rejoice in knowing there is one Ego—God. We do not have egos of our own that need to be reshaped and reformed.
In our mistaken belief, we think we are personal creators and independent originators, but we learn through experience that trying to do things on our own eventually leads to suffering.
We can’t go it alone. We need help. We need God. We need to honor the one Ego that is the source of all help to begin with.
No one needs an ego-botomy. The one Ego is in fine shape, thank you. And we are spiritually designed to reflect the talents, abilities and will of the one Mind, the one Ego.
But it was a fun play on words that got the mental juices flowing…
Have you ever heard the word before? Not me. In fact, it isn’t listed in my dictionary. But my hair cutter used it very creatively today in describing how she prayed to God for release from self-will.
“Not my plan, but your plan. Not my will, but your will,” she said she pleaded to God.
“Give me an egobotomy!” she exclaimed with passion and partial chagrin over having made too many mistakes in life because of self-centeredness.
I admired her resolve to be more humble and God-serving rather than self-serving. I had never thought of her as having an ego issue.
Any word with the suffix “-botomy” on the end sounds gruesome to me and something to avoid, but nonetheless, her inspiration had a catchy ring to it that impacted my thought in a creative way.
I rejoice in knowing there is one Ego—God. We do not have egos of our own that need to be reshaped and reformed.
In our mistaken belief, we think we are personal creators and independent originators, but we learn through experience that trying to do things on our own eventually leads to suffering.
We can’t go it alone. We need help. We need God. We need to honor the one Ego that is the source of all help to begin with.
No one needs an ego-botomy. The one Ego is in fine shape, thank you. And we are spiritually designed to reflect the talents, abilities and will of the one Mind, the one Ego.
But it was a fun play on words that got the mental juices flowing…
