Author: Steven Aitchison (399 Articles)
The owner of this blog. Proud father, doting husband, blogger, hire me as freelance writer, and addiction worker
Being a mind-droid.
Every now and again I have to pull my ego back in line; in fact it happens
quite a lot. It’s difficult trying to get the balance between trying
to make money for the future and trying to be spiritual. Making money
often involves the ego looking for attention. At every corner the ego stands
and tries to attract attention to itself. Recently I have been doing
this trying to attract visitors to this blog. It might take some time
to realise the ego is on another power trip, but if you realise it you’re
doing well, if you don’t realise it you will be like all the others in
life living life as a mind-droid. My life as a blogger often sees me
becoming a mind-droid until I notice it. I stop searching for the links,
I stop looking at my Google Adsense earnings, I stop writing articles to attract
links and write from the heart. When we are in jobs where we need to
attract attention it is easy to fall into the ego trap.
The most spiritual person could be the road sweeper who is happily minding
their business sweeping the street. Whistling a little tune to themselves
and happy at work. I used to think road sweeping would be a degrading
job. Now that my job involves a lot of decision making and a little pressure,
road sweeping looks like a good choice. Imagine the thinking time that
can be done when you’re sweeping the roads, what other job can offer
you that with a relatively good pay.
It’s a good idea to remind yourself of your spirituality every day. Nothing
fancy needs to be done. A simple visualising of you transcending your
body and reaching out to the collective force would be enough. Being
thankful is also a good spiritual exercise. Giving my wife or kids an
extra hug can lift my spirits enormously.
Mind-droiding is an easy trap to fall into, but it is also easy to remedy
when you catch it. Do something that will lift your spirit and you will
temporarily be a free mind-droid, do it often and you will be walking in a
different direction to your mind-droid friends.
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Excellent article – thank you for writing it!
A central tenet of my own writings is the need to subjugate the Ego and focus within towards our true Source.
Kind regards,
Adrian.
The more we’re aligned with our heart and soul in what we’re doing, the more benefit we’re providing to others. They pick up on the genuineness in what you’re saying and are more attracted to it. Interesting post!
Billy
The key to personal and economic success is to live the life that YOU believe is right for you not the life someone else feels is best. Only by pursuing and doing what you value will you experience any kind of satisfaction or success.
what a great read,
“The most spiritual person could be the road sweeper who is happily minding
their business sweeping the street. Whistling a little tune to themselves
and happy at work.”
This reminds me of an advert once, where the road sweeper in Brazil became famous and had a street named after him, just for kicking a ball on TV…He was a happy man.
stylus’s great blog post..The Bystander Effect