To the illumined man or woman, a clod of dirt, a stone, and gold are the same. -- Sri Krishna (Bhagavad Gita)
To me, that proves the truth of the spiritual axiom that whenever something upsets me, no matter what the cause, there is something wrong with me.
Toward that end, here's my take on how to get headed in the right direction (which is always away from self toward God): A snarky putdown, high praise and idle chitchat have the same equivalency when we do not take them personally.
Learning not to take our own self too seriously is life's first step, after which, with grace and gratitude nudging us along, our aim becomes to not taking life's "dirt and gold" personally. When we learn to accept that as our forever marching orders, we can and will be free of our own self...the only real freedom there is.
There are few...very, very few...who achieve that goal, and in this our material world, that's almost not the point. The point is to accept that not taking life's ups and downs personally is our forever marching orders.
In short, our new desire is to live a turned-over life...from me to He. (Geez, speaking of not taking our self too seriously, for a few minutes there, I got all up in my head with whether I should write "He" or "She" or "S/He." Proof yet again...God has to go real slow in order for me to keep up.)
Thank you.
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