The status game

“Only people suffering from [an] inferiority complex want to impress others. A really superior person never compares himself with anybody else.” ~ Osho

Really? How does one assume their superiority without judging others as inferior? If we declare that someone is superior, then this assumes that others are inferior. You can’t have one without the other, right? Who is labeling others as having an inferiority complex? The one who calls himself superior?

Okay, I will cut Osho some slack here. Most of us humans want to think we are really good at something, maybe even better than others at that something. And I’m sure that Osho is a really intelligent guy with pearls of wisdom to offer humanity, but anyone implying their superiority seems rather egotistical to me. I’m not saying that Osho is doing this, but the quote bugs me.

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Keep it sacred

Nothing is kept sacred anymore. We rush in and trample over everything, just because we can. Why not leave some things as sacred heights to gaze at in awe, to meditate upon with deep reverence? Not everything is meant to be conquered, certainly not by the masses.

Special others

Selfhood is not complete without special “others” who listen, accept, guide, support, or hurt us. If these relationships do not exist, the mind will imagine their existence, attaching them to whomever seems to fit the illusions – good or bad. We create the relations and dramas that confirm our current self-image.

Back to invisible

We’ve gone from the “many” being seen and heard for the first time, to being even less visible than before, against the huge mass of smart phones and competing voices in cyberspace. The online experience has moved us between both extremes in just twenty years time.

Autonomy

Gaining insight or autonomy of any kind involves breaking away from someone’s box of rules and protective embrace, and sometimes incurring their wrath. Each “breaking away” is another piece of us that transforms from child to adult – a painful but liberating process.