Addiction to evils & brittleness of self esteem !
Feb 20, 2004 03:45 AM
by Raghu K
Cream Stationery
Deceptive silence - A person may be silent - will still have opinions /
Feelings - beware ! Many of my pal were known for their silent opinions -
people mistook them for expressionless vegetables and sort of spoke
gibberish & were in hot soup, later !
Too much exposure to success makes me feel shy, when a sudden failure pops
up ! This will be , if the success is because of a pumped spirit,
artificially - by comparing ourselves with other peers or by constantly
telling our own selves that v r capable of something v r not, really. The
reality dwellers will not fall a prey to this evil !
Two esteems- material & spiritual are there - The former gets u an
artificial dignity - the value is for the money u possess. The second may
not get u any dignity - respect from other fellow men - But u would have
understood that there is nothing called dignity & the recognition from
fellow humans is not worth it ! That is a significant difference to your
life - the way u perceive things. I feel, both of them got to go hand in
hand - Material and spiritual - a little bit of both the elements will make
u a complete man !
True Dignity is just an accumulation of gratitude, from fellow humans - not
money / ego or any other evil !
Addiction & the brittle egotist :
In our language, v call this 'addictive bodhai' - fame, kudos , recognition
(uncontrolled sixth sense, ego),
coffee, tea (Cafeine), alcohol, women , money, desire, social status,
luxury...They become indispensable in the lives of those, who have fallen a
victim of these evils - they will shout / scream, if they don't get these
evils, when they want to have it - become mad. Sort of slaves. Some
egotists are there who have to shout angrily, periodically to remain calm.
Lest, they throw epileptic seizures !
Being comfortable is dignity. Being positive and broad minded is strength -
being negative and narrow minded, u become brittle over a period of time. A
sort of baloon esteem is what u will have being negative (egotistic) ! If u
perceive ego as a strength / leadership, u have got another guess coming !
If not others, atleast u can control this black devil, that is causing so
much ruin, on earth, ain't it, buddy ?
Raghu
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