Pride is a false sense of worth that derives from something that is not organically part of your Self. It comes from Ahankara - the identification by the mind of your Self with some external thing in the Creation. It gives emphasis to the superiority of a person's status in the eyes of others. There is fear and insecurity in pride because when you aim for status and being highly esteemed and achieve it, you are automatically involved in fear of losing that status. Protection of status then appears to you to be your most important need and this creates anxiety. Pride is very different from self-respect. All respect, including self-respect, springs from knowledge and memory of the Self and your origins and home in the Self. The less you are grounded in the Self, the more imperative is the need for pride. One is proud when he identifies with the ego. The core of pride is Self-rejection.
Friday, October 15, 2010
260. Doing and Attention Seekers. Extremes of Greediness
The world is full of people who are determined to be somebody or to give trouble; they seek attention. Do not become one of them.
One who tries to stand on tip-toe cannot stand still.
One who stretches his legs too far cannot walk.
One who advertises himself too much is ignored.
One who is too insistent on his own view finds few to agree with him.
One who claims too much credit does not get even what he deserves.
One who is too proud is soon humiliated.
These are rightly condemned as extremes of greediness and self-destructive activity, therefore, one who acts naturally avoids such extremes.
One who tries to stand on tip-toe cannot stand still.
One who stretches his legs too far cannot walk.
One who advertises himself too much is ignored.
One who is too insistent on his own view finds few to agree with him.
One who claims too much credit does not get even what he deserves.
One who is too proud is soon humiliated.
These are rightly condemned as extremes of greediness and self-destructive activity, therefore, one who acts naturally avoids such extremes.
259. Unity, Non-Interference
Do not interfere with your own actions (self-sabotage). Lose yourself by giving up all subjective notions of the separate individual and become one with your opponent. Inside your mind allow all oppositions to become mutually co-operative. Yield to the power of the Self. Avoid doing, acting, striving, straining, trying or busyness. Adopt a supple attitude and from rest, allow all actions to take place without interfering. Study well the two Chinese texts, I Ching and Tao Te Ching
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