Another Friday. Another beautiful Morning. It is cool this Morning, long sleeve weather. It is very refreshing because we had a couple days of excessive heat. The forecast is for more heat after today. I sat out on my meditation spot, this Morning, and watched a Mother turkey and a large band of teen age children. That is the age of the young turkeys. If they were human they would be teenagers. They are almost as big as their Mom but clearly not grown up. Mom was standing on high alert and the young were ambling along paying little attention. I don't know if Mom could see me, but she definitely sensed my presence.
Wednesday we had a party, a gathering of some close friends, we had great food and a great time. We were able to enjoy our dinner on the deck. The mosquitoes didn't drive us in until about 9PM and then they weren't horrid. I think we are past the worst of this years mosquito crops.
Jamie and I have been discussing, the nature of the ego, and its, unrelenting function of negotiating, our status. It is constantly assessing our status vis-a-vis our fellow humans. Our egos are stuck on higher and lower. We perceive people as existing on tiers of relative respectability or value. This perception is personal and individual. We all develop our own hierarchies. Our egos are busily trying to, define ourselves, as higher than someone else, in order to feel important.
This struggle comes from buying into the idea, that people are unequal, and is fueled by the low self esteem, that has been embedded in us by our major institutions, especially religion, which has taught us we are sinners. This low self esteem is pretty universal. Sure many have come along ways in mitigating its effect, but, nobody grows up in our culture that doesn't have to deal with it, at sometime.
One of the benefits of being free of this low self esteem is being able to appreciate everyone for who they are. There is no need to judge their [or our] relative place in society. There is no need to jockey for a place that is higher or lower. There is no temptation to see anybody as higher or lower. When we free ourselves of any visages of low self esteem, we will not see people, in positions of authority, as better or more powerful than we are. We are all equal in value and power; just some have different jobs.
The ego encapsulates, what we are afraid of. Folks who were brought up in families that felt one down to their neighbors are going to struggle with higher and lower. As we grow and become aware of this conundrum, we can deal with our sense of low self esteem directly, by learning and seeing honestly, how the relationships play out around us. With determination and affirmation we can gain a sense of equality and we can reject any thought of higher and lower that come into our minds. Once we are aware, we will overcome.
Folks who deny, that they have any low self esteem {and we really want to deny it} will not leash their egos in, and they will constantly be negotiating for a comfortable place in the universe. All the money in the world and all the PH.Ds will not compensate. Without our acknowledgement, that low self esteem will hide, but fester, and drive our egos to an unending and fruitless attempt at validation.
We need to face it! If we are members, of this Human Race, who can read this; we have been contaminated by the spectre of low self esteem. We can test this out by looking around us. Do we see people as better or worse? Do we see people as higher and lower? When we overcome, the negativity we have learned from our culture, we will see equality. We will see oneness. We will give up jockeying for social power. We will love and appreciate each other for who we are. What a relief not to be concerned about our importance. What a relief not to worry about what people think of us. What a relief to know, none of that, has importance.
Hey! There is great news. The negative energy that has been contaminating our consciousness has lifted. As a whole, Humanity has raised high enough [energy/consciousness] to shuck off negative energy that has kept us down for generations. I would expect folks to be skeptical. Keep an open mind. Look for the attenuation in violence. Especially be aware of folks refusing to go along with continuing war; including the soldiers themselves. Look for a lowering of violent crime. Look for a freeing of Love Energy. Look for Love emanating from folks you least expect it. It's happening.
Love and Peace, Gregg
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