3D: Daily Dose of Discernment

Thursday, April 18, 2024

What people call self-consciousness is ego consciousness.
When people say they are seeking themselves, they are usually seeking a better ego.
When people say they are finding themselves, they are usually finding variations of their ego.
When people say they are bettering themselves, they mean they are learning to appear better for the sake of their ego.
If people were seeking themselves, they would seek themselves as nobody and nothing in the material world and as living hosts in the spiritual world.

Ego corrupts; absolute ego corrupts absolutely.
The ego corrupts because the ego thinks in terms of mental objects and little of life can fit into mental objects.
The ego corrupts because you attach your life force to it, making it respond like a lizard to threats and a mammal to pleasures.
The ego corrupts because the ego is about appearing as positive self-constructions by making others appear as negative self-constructions.
You cannot see or think clearly if your ego is involved because your ego always has the agenda of appearing superior and not appearing inferior.

Movies are hosted by TVs, but that is not evidence that TVs are making movies.
Music is hosted by radios, but that is not evidence that radios are making music.
Thoughts are hosted by human beings, but that is not evidence that human beings are making thoughts.
Human conversations are hosted by telephones, but that is not evidence that telephones are making human conversations.
Computers host computer programs, but that is not evidence that computers are making computer programs even when hosted computer programs are creating new computer programs.

The ego is an addiction because it provides both pleasure and destruction.
People want pleasure, and the pleasure of the self as the good, while destroying others as the bad is the highest pleasure of the flesh.
The history of the human race is the history of seeking the right people to destroy to secure more power and privilege for the right people.
The ego needs stimulation to appear alive, and pride as knowing, doing, and being the good while destroying evil provides the most stimulation by simultaneously going in two opposite directions.
The addictive nature of the ego stems from the pleasure it provides—a sense of superiority. This superiority often serves as a justification for destructive actions. For instance, a person may feel superior due to political power and use this to belittle those with less power.

Your self-narratives can have nothing to do with reality as long as they feed your self-constructions of how you are better or desire better.
Your internal monologue is not interested in peace, harmony, or resolving conflict because it thrives on conflict and uses it to feed your ego.
Your self-talk holds the power to shape your perceptions, even convincing you of untruths, all while feeding your pride in misery and suffering.
Your self-dialogue is not about yourself because it is about your ego and the needs of your ego outside of and with indifference to the context of your life and relationships.
Your self-commentary is a powerful tool for making all your thoughts about yourself more important than you and creating new and old self-constructions that replace you.