251-The own ego is an illusion- Buddhism in daily life

The own ego is an illusion


Buddhism and the own perception


The own ego is an illusion, we all play a role in it.


According to Shakespeare, the world is only a stage.


Over time we have merged with the role we play, it has become
"flesh and blood" to us. We think we are the person from the
role, but have we ever been that person?


The task of a Chan (Zen) master is to peel off layer after layer
of personality from other people, like an onion.


How do we perceive ourselves, how do we perceive the world around
us? Who is responsible for the way we perceive ourselves and our
surroundings? Do we perceive, that is, do we honestly see how we
and our environment are?


I claim: NO


We perceive the world and ourselves from our role, so nothing is
true, there is no truth in our perception, only how we want to
see it, so we see it!


Our ego babbles before itself, so or so the perception has to be;
our desires, hopes, expectations, needs and fears strike fully.
We constantly develop our role, it grows together with our ego.


We are disappointed when desires, hopes, expectations and needs
are not satisfied, our fears seem to come true.


Yes, this disappointment, what are we not always disappointed.


And who is responsible for all the disappointments in our lives?


WE SELF.


Our ego has developed desires, hopes, expectations and needs that
seemingly cannot come true, we are inevitably disappointed
because we do not accept life as it is, but constantly want
events to happen as our ego parrots, according to the role.


So we have produced all disappointments in our life ourselves,
all problems are home-made, self-produced.


It doesn't help to complain about problems, disappointments and
failures to the gods.


Everything is produced by wrong perception, by the ego, which,
according to our role, determines the thinking, the feeling, even
the acting.


Cause and effect applies here. Which came first, the hen or the
egg?


Our ego babbles, our role arises, wishes, hopes, expectations and
needs are based on this.


AND THE WAY OUT?


RIGHT: ENLIGHTENMENT


NOTHING IS IN THE MIND THAT IS NOT FIRST IN THE PERCEPTION


- ARABIC PROVERB -


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