Ego and possesiveness
On the flight from Paris to Delhi, I got a seat next to an Afro-American couple. They were going on a 10-day visit to India. The trip came about when one of their Indian colleagues invited them to his marriage in Gujarat. They grabbed the opportunity and planned a trip across India - Delhi, Agra, Gujarat, Mumbai and Goa (in that order). It was so good talking to them. I don't think I have ever so passionately described India. To the extent that I gave them my number asking to call in case they need anything - anytime during their trip here, regardless of the place. I felt like owning the entire country. I guess that is the difference between India and any other place. I own this place. Its about possession. and it feels good.
The desire to be belonged is amongst the basic needs of man. Man is a megalomaniac. Considering himself as the center of the universe, each object in the universe is associated with him - some close, some not so close. The closer ones are from the man's solar system - man being the sun. The revolving planets include living objects such as family, friends, love-interest etc., as well as non-living objects as material possessions, land, etc. Larger the mass (read ego) of the sun (individual), greater is the force binding the planets to it. Thus says one of Newton's laws. So the egoless state is equivalent to the sun standing on its own (without surrounding planets). So the number of compelling planets a person has reflects directly on the size of the ego of the person. Lower the ego, fewer the possessions.
So this can be an interesting metric to measure the size of the ego of an individual. Just observe the extent of possessiveness of that individual with respect to people, places, and material goods.
PS: If you observe, I have chosen to be politically incorrect by not using her/him, or woman/man, and preferred to keep it as him and man. Please correct!
The desire to be belonged is amongst the basic needs of man. Man is a megalomaniac. Considering himself as the center of the universe, each object in the universe is associated with him - some close, some not so close. The closer ones are from the man's solar system - man being the sun. The revolving planets include living objects such as family, friends, love-interest etc., as well as non-living objects as material possessions, land, etc. Larger the mass (read ego) of the sun (individual), greater is the force binding the planets to it. Thus says one of Newton's laws. So the egoless state is equivalent to the sun standing on its own (without surrounding planets). So the number of compelling planets a person has reflects directly on the size of the ego of the person. Lower the ego, fewer the possessions.
So this can be an interesting metric to measure the size of the ego of an individual. Just observe the extent of possessiveness of that individual with respect to people, places, and material goods.
PS: If you observe, I have chosen to be politically incorrect by not using her/him, or woman/man, and preferred to keep it as him and man. Please correct!
posted by Animesh Kumar at Thursday, February 09, 2006
2 Comments:
right, feeling of possesion always feel good..but isnt this feeling the cause of most of the unhapiness as well. When infact there is no possision other than yourself, this dilusion of possesing lot of things becomes a pain when you realize the truth. I guess that is what they call False ego i.e false possesion.
Yep.
possession = expectation = never meeting them = delusion = unhappiness
as it happens, most never realize the Truth, and live in misery
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