DO YOU HAVE TO BE RIGHT?

I was brought up in a family of 'know it alls'. There was continuous intellectual competition. I learned the pattern and have, myself, been seen as a 'know it all'. The trouble with being a successful 'know it all' is that you have to hang out with exceptionally tolerant people. I learned, many years ago, not to act that way, but I carry the pattern and can slip into it.

The trouble with being 'right', is that you can't look, at a new way of seeing things, without giving up something. Our egos love their boundaries; they invest a lot of energy in the intellectual status quo. As individuals and as a group we have created boundaries that limit our knowledge and dictate the limits of our inquiries. 

We are at a pivotal point in our evolution. It is time to question everything we think we know. A beginning point is to accept the fact, that we know nothing for sure. Our knowledge about history is based on, the self serving, group egos, of the countries, involved. As someone said, "History is written by the victor". But in every field of intellectual endeavor, including the hard sciences, knowledge is limited by the ego. No matter how sharp the tool of scientific method is, a man, with an ego, wields it. And, then interprets the data. Few, have any idea, how powerful the group ego is. There is no settled science.

Everything about, who we are, is about to be challenged. Our ideas about history, anthropology, religion, archeology, geology, mineralogy, sociology, psychology, physics, chemistry, and the list is endless, are now open to question. This is an exciting time for those, who have not allowed their thought patterns to crystallize. To see everything with a fresh mind and wide open eyes; wow, that is great.

But it is not great for those who have made up their minds about everything. It is confusing and painful. Having your cherished beliefs, ripped from you, is not comfortable. It is ultimately freeing, but not comfortable at the time.

Is hard to believe that you might not know anything? That what you have been taught is limitation? That knowledge, as we know it, has been corrupted by the ego? Can you imagine looking at the world without preconceived ideas?

The ego is a master at order and formulation, but its boundaries are made of cement and reinforced steel. Accepting, what the ego sees, is accepting limitation. Give up what you think you know. Open your eyes, let the universe in.

Love and Peace,  Gregg