our spiritual quest often leads us to perceive ourselves as separate from or more special than the common 'herd,' interested mostly in worldly superficialities.
12/3/07
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our spiritual quest often leads us to perceive ourselves as separate from or more special than the common 'herd,' interested mostly in worldly superficialities.
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One great exercise to kill the ego and put in practice what you've just said is to begin to appreciate someone who you think is the least desirable like the fat and ugly woman no one likes at work...this person might become your best friend or know interesting things you might never knew...
that also reminds me of a powerful lesson i learned a while back. i used to work with a woman who was strongly christian and held what i perceived to be traditional christian views.
i had decided that i would ignore anything about "life" that came out of her lips.
one day, by some miracle, i thought: "why don't you practice some humility, and - although you know your way of seeing things is WAY better than hers - (you can see how humble i was being) just listen and give what she's saying a chance."
and as the days went by i was very amazed at how much of what she was saying i agreed with and found to be valuable advice.
i finally realized that the most supreme wisdom speaks through various disguises, sometimes the unlikeliest ones, and if we're too "superior" to listen we are the fools.
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