Spiritual Materialism

[Leunamros]

To blame your "ego" of your faults is irresponsible. Blame yourself, you are the only one responsible of your actions. Unless you decide to be another powerless creature that gives up your power to whatever other trendy idea, entity, or confluence of forces, just to avoid being embarrased by looking yourself at the mirror.

[StephenBailey]

Originally Posted by Leunamros

To blame your "ego" of your faults is irresponsible. Blame yourself, you are the only one responsible of your actions. Unless you decide to be another powerless creature that gives up your power to whatever other trendy idea, entity, or confluence of forces, just to avoid being embarrased by looking yourself at the mirror.

Leunamros, (in regards to Anchor's post) I didn't feel Anchor was separating himself from his ego. I bet he knows the ego is a part of him... therefore not placing blame on something other than him self.


Either way (even if you did place your blame on ego), I applaud you for striving to become better Anchor. Seeing ones faults and striving to correct them is very honorable.


I believe it's natural for mistakes to be made in this time/place (maybe even intentional). At times I know I should be living as my higher being. If I had not had experienced some things when I was younger, I would be very angry (and extremely disappointed) with myself and others because of the irresponsibility that I see in this life.


When it comes down to being responsible for choices, actions, & effects. I'm unmovable in knowing the connection.


I certainly take 100% responsibility for my actions and effects. Good or bad, I wouldn't have it any way except to take responsibility for what I am, do, create, & affect (In deed this is certainly our power Leunamros). But I do have to say that there are powerful outside influences that persuade negative actions, and people on Earth (here/now) are submersed in these influences.


Before living this life I would say that humans on earth deserve hell if they choose to create it (I still believe that). Even now I can hear the old me sometimes says "humans deserve hell!" (because they/we create it), but a split-second later my higher self envisions our current reality more accurately. I know how effected (or should I say "in-infected") we are.


It'll always be true that we're responsible for our actions (our creations & effects). We deserve what we create no matter where our actions take us (we deserve to retain the power of our beings & our effects). But now that I've gotten a chance to live here/now. I understand how powerful outside influences can be within a set-up system of darkness and deceit (Influences of society and way of life). I DO NOT give up responsibility of my actions & effects by identifying other influences. If anything It gives me clarity to know there are road blocks to simply being my highest self here/now.


No matter what the road blocks are (call it ego, or any other situation that keeps us from being our highest self), I still feel disappointed with the irresponsibility that I see lived-out here. BUT at least now I know there is alot more going on with behavior, then people simply choosing (whether consciously or sub-consciously) to be irresponsible.


I know we (Earth humans) have great powers. We're not weak or stupid like I thought (before I awoken to myself). But, I also know how powerful the road blocks are, which keep the people of Earth from being all that they can be. I don't blame the road block for our troubles, and I don't give up my responsibility because we have road blocks. I just identify the blocks are there, and do my best to over come them.


Earth is a school for learning, & I love this life!!!
I love the challenges which create opportunities to learn and grow! No matter what challenges we have, I'm absolutely grateful and appreciative for the opportunities that life brings!


One of the things that makes me most happy is to see others who choose to seek out and find faults. People who willfully choose to grow and become better once they identify a road block that might keep them from being their highest self here/now. (I'm sure everyone on this forum is here to do this and it's awesome! )


Thank you Anchor!
The post was first made in 2008. I wish your progress to be ongoing & sucsessful.



p.s.
sorry for the long post. I love the subject

[Anchor]

Originally Posted by Leunamros

To blame your "ego" of your faults is irresponsible. Blame yourself, you are the only one responsible of your actions. Unless you decide to be another powerless creature that gives up your power to whatever other trendy idea, entity, or confluence of forces, just to avoid being embarrased by looking yourself at the mirror.

Thanks for commenting. If that is what I was doing then I agree it was irresponsible.

I dont thing it was what I was doing though. I have not yet transcended or mastered my ego. Sometimes it masters me - when that happens I still know I am responsible for the outcome - so does the universe - leading to the situation with my throat in the OP. The reason the throat was the point that was affected is due to the throat chakra, and my ego led behaviour (showing off) was being conducted through spoken words. There is a clear relationship.

I, that is all of me that I am conciously aware of: all that I know I am - mind, body and that which motivates it - take full responsibility for all of my thoughts, actions, words and deeds - with no exception.

It is my creed.

@StephenBailey: you understood me perfectly, and thanks for your kind wishes - I am trying

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[greybeard]

Dear Anchor
thank you for your first post of this thread, it if filled with humility, the ego is not too fond of that.

Anything that is transient and of form is not who we truly are.
We are formless, manifest into form for the brief period of this assumed identity.

We are not the ego because it is changing its point of view all the time, however we are responsible for what it does, so to speak.

Its not an enemy just self centered and it is a great teacher. Eventually there is no more we can learn from it.
If it knew better it would do better.

We are all born into this life with one, it comes with the body and if we do not wish to return here and wish to move on then we need to transcend it, wish it well and surrender it to our creator.

The ego is just the buying into the "Me story in our head" all the I am this I am that, I believe this I believe that. All belief systems and constructs change over time, what we truly are is constant and unchanging, the presence within our mortal coil.
Eventually we evolve to the point where we realise we are as we are, does the bird need to know its a bird in order to fly?

Regards to all.

Chris

[greybeard]

The ego is materialistic and uses force where ever necessary to get what it wants, Self is Power and dosent need to.
Gandi freed India from the British without force.
All wars ( and they have been going since forever it seems) have been fought from the egoic point of I want.
Disagreement tends to come from. " Im right therefore your wrong"
Its ok for people to have different points of view, I dont mind people disagreeing with me, Id prefer they are not disagreeable, which is a different ball game alltogether.
We can live in harmony with our differences, can we not?

The book "Power versus Force" by Dr David Hawkins is an eye opener an Aha!!! moment.
Rgards Chris