Liberation Day

Hello Everyone,

Happy Liberation Day Korea!

I hope that your week is going well.

News
No new updates for this week.

Instead of sharing a quote and my thoughts this week, I wanted to share a poem with you written by a very famous Korean poet:

SELF PORTRAIT
by Yun, Dong-ju

Coming round the mountain, I go up alone to 
the solitary well at the edge of the rice field 
and peer in, quietly.

Inside the well, the moon is bright, the clouds flow by, 
the sky spreads out, and a light blue wind blows; 
autumn is there.

And a man is there. 
I turn away because I hate the man, somehow.

Pondering over him as I set out to leave, I feel sorry for him 
and go back and look in: he is still there.

Again I turn away hating the fellow. 
I think of him, again setting out, and begin to miss him.

Inside the well, the moon is bright, the clouds flow by, 
the sky spreads out, a light blue wind blows; 
autumn is there, and a man, like a memory.

Have an incredible week!

Bob

The Ego

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Quotes
"You must learn to see men and women…as perfect beings advancing to become complete."
-Wallace Wattles

"The consciousness in you and the consciousness in me, apparently two, really
one, seek unity and that is love."
-Nisargadatta Maharaj

"All troubles come to an end when the ego dies."
- Ramakrishna

My Thoughts
In last week's message I talked about loving all people unconditionally. This week I'd like to discuss the ego.

All people are innately perfect. We can not see this perfection in others because of our own egos. The ego does not like true love. The ego seeks to control, it lashes out at the Truth. The tools of the ego are anger, violence, jealousy, judgment, hatred, etc... Because of the ego we think that we are better than others. We think that our way is the right way. This also causes the illusion of separation. We are all connected, we are all one.

When we understand that all of this anger, violence, and hatred is the ego acting out, we may catch a glimpse of people as they truly are. We will notice this perfection. We will notice a beauty that we never saw before. However, it has always been there. Once we see this, even if it is for only a second, then we can start to feel compassion for all of humanity. We can see why judging others is a mistake of our perception. What is there to judge if all people are perfect?

I encourage all of us to try and view people as they truly are. Let us transcend the limitations of the ego and start to see the world as it really exists.

Have an incredible week.