Imagine a life in which you feel no limitations, without boundaries or labels. Picture a life in which you feel no less or more important than the person next door. See in your mind's eye a life in which tallness or shortness does not give you a feeling of advantage or disadvantage over the person next to you. Visualize a life in which your skin colour does not make you feel uniquely different from other people around you. Think of a life in which there is no concept of beauty or ugliness to describe your physical appearance that could make you feel more or less attractive than other colleagues do.
We live in a world of human diversity. In diversity, there is oneness. In oneness, there is purpose and meaning for humankind. In purpose and meaning of life, each person finds self-fulfillment and happiness. In the pursuit for individual purpose and meaning, there is no division. No one is less important, less able, less superior, less intelligent or less attractive than anyone else is. Everyone is important for his or her own purpose. Everyone is beautiful in his or her own way. Everyone is able in his or her own purpose in life. Everyone is capable according to his or her ability. Everyone is superior for his or her own purpose in life. Everyone is intelligent enough to achieve his or her purpose in life. Everyone has everything within him or herself to achieve his or her purpose in life.
There is a seed of greatness in everyone. You only need to nurture your own seed. You only need to take care of it. You only need to feed it with nourishments. You only need to water it regularly. Everyone has the potentials that are yet to be released. Everyone has a gift to share with the world. Some people may have buried treasures that are waiting for exploration. They may have allowed other people to put them down. Everyone has something unique to offer to the world. No person can take away yours from you. No one can take your place on earth.
If you have allowed your disappointments and failures to keep your treasures buried, it is time to dig them out. If you have allowed insecurity and low self-esteem to convince you that you do not have anything special to offer, it is time to liberate yourself from such feelings. If you have totally convinced yourself that you are just an average ordinary person, it is time you become aware that you originate from a Great Source, you are living a Great Life and you will return to your Great Source.
The question therefore is what makes some people feel more able, more attractive, more superior, more intelligent or more important than another person? Let me put question the other way round. What makes some people feel less able, less librated, less attractive, less superior, less intelligent or and less important than another person? I can suggest three answers. They are EGO, EGO, and EGO.
What is ego? Ego is the “I” or the “self” of a person. This is what gives you the feeling of what you are and who you are. This is what gives you the feeling of what you think you can do or cannot do. This is what gives you the feeling of your ability to do, to be or to have whatever you want in life. The feeling can be low, high or supper high. That is why they say some people have low ego, or low self-esteem, high ego or high self-esteem or super ego. Each of these is a feeling from your inside. They affect the way you relate to the people around you. They are the feelings of self- importance or self-worth. You can use it to oppress or depress the people around you. How people respond depends on their own ego.
Ego is ego, it does not matter whether it is low, high or supper. It is the feeling you have the moment you begin to think that you are alone in the universe. It is the feeling you get the moment you begin to think that “I”, “me” and “myself” are going through this or that problem. It is the feeling you get when you attribute your personal successes to yourself alone. That is the moment for self-congratulations. The moment you think no one else matters but you and you alone.
The antonyms of ego include humility or meekness. This is the feeling that makes you to recognise that humankind come from one creative Source. This is the feeling that enables you to acknowledge that there is a power that is above all human powers. This is the feeling that gives you the awareness that the creative Source holds the whole universe together. This is the feeling that makes you to belief you are not alone in the universe. This is the feeling that enables you to attribute all your personal successes and achievements to a divine power. This is a feeling of total surrender of your life to your creative Source. This is the feeling that perpetually encourages you to give thanks to the Source of all creation. This is the feeling that comes from the inner knowing that all human beings are equal before the creative Source. This is the feeling you get when you realise human oneness and human indivisibility. This is the feeling that knows and understands the nature of love, of kindness, of living in abundance, of sharing, of giving and of human progress. This is the feeling that keeps you equally connected with other human beings on earth irrespective of their race, culture, religion, age, sexual orientation, education, etc.
Imagine a world in which there is one wall. Imagine a world in which there is one language. Imagine a world in which there is one culture. Imagine a world in which there is one race. Imagine a world in which the only wall is the end of the earth. Imagine a world in which the only language is love. Imagine a world in which the only culture is kindness. Imagine a world in which the only race is human race. Imagine living is such a world, what would you be feeling? What would you be doing? What would you be saying to yourself? Just imagine!
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