The God Light

Is It The Ego Or Not

My look might some what disgust you, my ways might not be as refined as your own, I am different in many aspects. I sleep when you are awake, I waken when you fall to sleep.

I am the night, I live in the shade, yet I come to life in the light of fear. I am neither good, nor bad, I am the mirror, the reflection of those who look into me.

I come from a place only reached by the mind, I am the object of the imagination. I come and go, I appear and disappear, I open doors that seemed shut, and I close doors that looked open.

I am a friend, a foe, a listening ear, I am the noise and the thunder, I give and I take, what is mine is yours and what is yours is mine.

I am the fool, I am the wise man, I know nothing and I know everything, I read words of hatred, and I burn books of love, there are two sides to every tale.

I live by the river of emotions, anger one side, love the other. I swim backwards and forwards, with and against the current. Sometimes I drown, and sometimes I gaze upon the stars while I float.

I am the laughter, I am the tears, I am the comforting ear. I am the abuser, masked as the long lost lover. If you search for me, you will find me, for I hide where you hope not to find me.

I am the brother and the sister that you never had, I am the saint and the sinner, the liar and a bringer of truth.

I am the unspoken word, I speak the words no one else will speak, I am the mute who cannot listen, for listening often hurts the heart.

Mock me and you mock yourself, for I am you and you am I, you may not agree with me, and I may likely not agree with you, we are two sides of the same coin.

I am bitter, I am sweet, you can take me or leave me, you can laugh at me or with me, you cannot escape me, for I am the figment of your imagination.

Do Not Let Anger Control You

Some Western psychologists say that we should not repress our anger but express it—that we should practice anger! However, we must make an important distinction here between mental problems that should be expressed and those that should not. Sometimes you may be truly wronged and it is right for you to express your grievance instead of letting it fester inside you. But you should not express it with anger. If you foster disturbing negative minds such as anger they will become a part of your personality; each time you express anger it becomes easier to express it again. You do it more and more until you are simply a furious person completely out of control. Thus, in terms of mental problems, there are certainly some that are properly expressed but others that are not.

At first when you try to control disturbing negative minds it is difficult. The first day, the first week, the first month you cannot control them well. But with constant effort your negativities will gradually decrease. Progress in mental development does not come about through taking medicines or other chemical substances; it depends on controlling the mind.

By Kadampa geshe Langri Tangpa

The mind can be very unruly, it can often lead us astray, due to its impatience, the mind is not patient by nature. The mind goes wherever it wants without constraint.

It takes practice to gain control over your mind, it takes time and a lot of unlearning of bad habits, for you to gain sufficient control, so that you are not led by its friend the ego.

If you suffer with anger, do not blame yourself, for this blame only inflames your lack of self worth, the usual cause for anger. If you loved yourself fully, you would have no need to ever get angry.

Educate your mind, and your mind will learn to understand its own anger and impatience. It will understand that it can get what it wants by other means. It can communicate its needs by more loving ways.

You do not need to slay your anger, you need to understand it, and understand yourself more fully. By loving yourself, by bring love instead of anger to yourself, you bring your whole mind and body back into balance.

How To Become Rich Overnight

A poor man becomes rich, the moment that he discovers the treasure hidden in his heart. You do not have to look far to find your fortune, it lies in waiting beneath the exterior that you show to the world.

Deep within you is the answer to all of your dreams, if you just look within and stop looking everywhere but yourself for the answer to happiness.

Yes it is that simple, it only takes a change in attitude a dropping of all the barriers that keep you far from love. That is all you need to do.

Drop the ego, it has not served you well has it, be as humble as the beggar, be happy for small mercies, stop looking for the next fix through material gain. Happiness is not found in the bottom of a wine glass, neither is it found in following all your wants and desires. It is found when you are happy to simply be you.

When you are content with yourself, the whole world joins together in your happiness. The sun will rise giving you a big wink for understanding the simplicity of living.

Dean Martin used to sing a song called Dreamer With A Penny, the words go like this.

“I’d rather be a dreamer with a penny Than a rich man with a worried mind Here I am with wealth untold The moonlight is my silver the sunshine is my gold”

It is that simple, the only thing holding you back is you.