1. Entitlement Ego
November 3, 2011
Gluttony of ‘life’s circumstantial gifts’ is a self perpetuating
addiction that is non compassionate to others feelings, and
ultimately creates a harboring self hatred within. Living on the
clouds of ‘the world owe’s me’, because of the circumstantial
double sided blessing of looks (body too), talent, fame,
possessions, money, or any advantage that appears to shine above others is best to never
forget that it’s temporary, and a ‘gift horse’ that is best to not display behavior that ‘strokes the
ego’ like a lust of pride. All gifts to stay ‘pure’, are never to be coveted selfishly while not shared
with others of lesser benevolence in the area of ‘entitlement’.
The passing of time is a teacher if one is paying attention to the changes. Among other things,
I’ve paid particular attention to those who seem to have fallen into the ‘entitlement category’.
Generally I’ve found that they slowly hit a ‘wall’ where the sense of ‘entitlement’ continues even
though the reasons for it have melted away with the realities of life. The one who expected to
inherit large sums of money often led a very careless, dysfunctional life only to either find the
‘money’ elusive or not forthcoming at all. Those with some semblance of
fame, be it in their own little town, often still lived in the past of those
moments while others came, and went ignoring the ‘self adulation’. The
pretty girl with ‘issues unresolved’, and thinking that she was
the ‘enchanted cinderella’, especially faded into someone
who little is paid attention to while she still carries the ‘air of
entitlement’ that’s kind of ‘weird’, particularly to those who
didn’t know her when she was the ‘belle of the ball’.
Although sometimes hidden, but to the very observant, the
‘entitled ego’ person often is fraught with insecurities that
result in their own unconscious, contrived ways of demise.
Often, unhealthy habits, be they food, drugs, and various other obsessions
including a myopic observance of a religion, follow them. This type of ego
expects adoration and attention, seeming to bask in it. This type of behavior is like a drug
where you feel that inner growth is not necessary beyond paying lip service to doing it while not.
Compassion for others is needed. Compassion though is false if it comes from the mind/ego.
Compassion is a consequence from the heart that can only be obtained from a love or
meditative state that reaches deeply, beyond the mind, and from the heart. The road out of an
‘entitlement ego’ may begin with the intent of the mind, but invariably falls back to the beginning
choice in the mind if a deep sense of meditation/love is not reached. Compassion frees you
from the mind, and it’s continuation of the endless ‘pranks and delussions of the mind’.
Yesss Self Love Center
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