The more we are told we are special, the more we believe it to be true and the more we feed our ego, thus the more divided we become. There are people who long ago figured out that if we are divided, then we are in the dark, reaching out for the light switch. They discovered that if you tell those people that you have the light switch, many will believe you, real or not and you can charge them a fee and profit. I see throughout media constant ways in which we are told one group is special or another is special, and divisions are formed as a result. We are truly being manipulated and I believe this is intentional and is limiting us as a species from realizing our potential and purpose. There’s a very powerful idiom that captures this, “United we stand, divided we fall.” It is only through directed focus that we achieve great things, either on our own or as a collective.
One of the main tenets of Buddhism is that in order to find happiness, one must dissolve ego. I wholeheartedly agree with this idea. I see so much unhappiness everywhere and unfailingly I see it attached to ego in some way. Taking only what we need and leaving the rest for others, giving to charity, detaching ourselves from material, useless things that do absolutely nothing to better our souls – these are the things we should keep on the forefront of our minds. You will be told that you deserve more because you work harder or because things that were done to your ancestors by other peoples’ ancestors means you should get more or that how you feel is always normal and you should have the right to feel that way and others must respect it no matter what. This is all food for your ego and buying into it continues to divide us infinitesimally. Lift the veil, perceive what is happening, think your own thoughts, question, attempt to understand and always ask, “who is to profit from all of this?”
Noematos 