Yesterday, I just wanted to have some fun with AI and asked the AI, "Do you have ego?" The AI answered, "No. I don't have because I do not have any consciousness, personal identity or sense of self". Then I asked the AI the next question, " Why don't the spiritual seekers take inspiration from you to reach that egoless state?" The AI answered, "No. A spiritual seeker does not want to turn off their mind or become an unfeeling object. They want to wake up completely. They want to experience life so profoundly that the small boundaries of their personal ego naturally dissolve into a sense of oneness with everything around them."
The AI is intelligent enough to understand its limitations. It knows it has no consciousness and is just collecting and collating what is already available on the web. Human beings are conscious entities. They are essentially the same consciousness that gives rise to all the matter. Yet, they get trapped in certain thoughts and identities so strongly that they do not mind killing others for their narrow interests. Imagine a scenario. All the particles take birth from the Higgs Field and merge into it. The building blocks of electrons, the fermions, also emerge from the same field. When these electrons flow in our brain, they create different thoughts. We identify with certain thoughts and get stuck with that identity. We lose the awareness that we are the "field" that has given birth to all the electrons. We get so obsessed with the form that we lose the substance. The more we lose awareness of being that "consciousness", the more fearful we feel. The more fearful we feel, and the more strongly we want to protect our "self-respect", the stronger the concept of our "self-love" becomes. The more strongly we want to prove our point. The more apprehensive we feel about the future. The more strongly we want to hold on to our relationships and known possessions. The more strongly we want to prove our spiritual achievements. The more forcefully we want to place an image of "being good" in the minds of people around us.
An electron does not leave any stone unturned and yet feels insecure because it fails to realise that an electron, as an electron, will always be unstable. The moment it realises that it is the "field" and that "field" will manifest in many different forms, all its fear will vanish without effort. Similarly, the moment we realise that we are that consciousness and this body and mind are just a temporary abode, why would we be so worried about the body, thoughts, identity, self, and self-respect? Will Meera feel an attack on his self-respect when her husband accuses her, and she is asked to drink poison? Will Kabir feel disrespected when his contemporaries make fun of him? Will Buddha feel threatened when people make all types of allegations against him? They are aware of the wideness of their existence. Why would they feel disrespected? Why would they react? In fact, they can never be threatened. How can an electron threaten the Field?
We are so stupid that not only do we live our own lives in that constant state of fear, but that is the first thing we pass on to our children. The moment a child is born, the parents start planning their child's future. A future that they feel would be safe for their child. The problem is that we have our own insecurities because we don't know "who we are," and throughout our lives, we feel fearful because of that insecurity. Unless we correct that fundamental error, nothing else will work, and the harder we work, the more insecure we will be. I used to see the TV serial Ramayana, where Ravan got so insecure and sleepless when Lord Rama reached Lanka. It was so amusing to see his animated reactions. However, when you see the same thing happening to the most powerful people in front of your eyes, that makes you wonder about the wonders of the human mind.
The Western world has spread the virus of materiality to the whole of the world and is itself suffering from depression. Why would the Americans have so many patients of stress, anxiety, and mental disorders, while being at the top of the world? Why would people like Michael Jackson die in utter fear and insecurity while being at the top of popularity and having accumulated oceans of wealth? On the other hand, why do people like Kabir, having almost nothing, inspire generations to come?
The worst thing is the games we play with that limited level of awareness. "I love you" has become a poor joke. When the "I can't love I", where is the scope of love for "You"? I have read a few books on parenting, and today's experts warn parents to practice "good-enough" parenting. It is strange to see that experts have to warn the parents against this "toxic love" and the overdose thereof. Ravan's love for Suparnkha and Ram's love for Bharata are two altogether different things. Ravan will listen to his sister and even kidnap Sita, while Ram will not heed his brother's only request to return to Ayodhya and be king there, yet any ordinary person can understand the difference. When it comes to our lives, why do we become so dumb? Why do we allow fear and insecurity to take the front seat while awareness takes the back seat? Why don't we use the "Sudarshan Chakra", the right vision of life, to eliminate the ego within and be free to explore life to the fullest potential?
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