Dissolving Ego

There is no guarantee what you are doing is right.

Life is a game. I can compare it only to a game of blackjack or poker in a casino. I would say it is even more random than that. Have you seen Matt Damon gambling a hand of poker in the movie Rounders? Life is exactly like that, even if you like it or not. It's a worldwide imaginary game. Played by imaginary rulers' imaginary rules and imaginary boundaries. How do I know this? Because I have dived deep into so called mind, to understand myself like a philosopher would do. As a side effect of this process of mindfulness I realized the shared delusion is what we all are in throughout our lives. And this is exactly how I came up with the topic for this article. "There is no guarantee what you are doing is right" And that fact would give a powerful blow to my own ego that it would shatter no matter what I do.

Games that we play

Why dissolving ego?

You may ask why? Why shatter my own ambitions, aspirations and dreams? I would say for better understanding the world it's a necessary sacrifice. Imagine you are a tree, in a thick jungle trying to reach for sunlight. When there is a lot of competition above, you will never reach there unless you start on the ground, examine the root system of big trees and finding out a plot of fertile land, to plant your seed. Unless you are willing to walk on the ground in your spare time it's hard to break the canopy. This is why offspring of rich and elite often fail in life, while who reach the top are the ones who faced harsh truth of life on the ground.

To hit the rock bottom once in a while

Let's step aside for a moment from our tree analogy and look at an example. Donald Trump once said while he was walking on the street, he saw a Begger. During early 90s he was a merchant and while looking at this Begger he smiled to himself as he thought how rich the Begger is. Of course, the Begger was not rich, he had zero dollars at his hand yet, Trump was 800 million in debt. Which means he was negative in worth compared to the Begger. And ultimately, he has won the battle and come out of his debt to be successful and even to run for presidency. So, hitting the rock bottom once in a while would shatter your ego enough so that understand the rules of this game of life. It's all in head.

Floating in the dead sea.

A simple truth "It's all in your head"

Let's say you understand that truth. The truth in simple terms it's all in your head, and there is no guarantee what you are going to do next is right. You can do two things with this information. You can get a little depressed and sad and worry that nothing is going to work at the end of the day as its all imaginary. Or you can just start playing. This time with better understanding and freedom in the game of life. You can choose to play with some Legos to build a castle. Remembering and knowing it might not be the true meaning in life, just another camel. You might choose to compose a song or invest some money in gold. Chose to play piano or take a bar exam and be a successful thief. Or become a check fraud specialist. I am not sure what you would do with the freedom it provides but better if it provides some fake value to your life. And once in a while enjoying this new freedom in a corner of a coffee house, I want you to break the illusion and see for yourself. You just have to repeat the words and see how illusion of ego disappears when you say "There is no guarantee what I am doing now is right" but you will do it anyway because it's just subjective.

Floating in the dead sea.

Have you been to the dead Sea? A long time ago, the dead Sea was not so dead. It was just a normal sea. If you would jump unless you know how to swim you would drown. But after so many years, water has evaporated so much now the dead Sea is so much dense. You won't drown anymore. You can just Flot. Think about this for a moment. Once you know how to disslove your ego, little by little you'd be able to float through life effortlessly. Hopefully to become a completely hydrophobic leaf one day. That my friend is the art of dissolving ego.