"We can see well only if it does not seek interest in what is seen "(Christian Bobin )
ago looks like two of me. With which eye I look? The disinterested who just wants to see the truth? Or, that of" me "is still searching his interest? The first look is objective, the second not.
course, my argument is always" good show "but I know this is still inhabited by undesirable" me ", also called" intruders. "(See this blog 5 April 09). I know in my normal evolution, the intruder will disappear. But meanwhile, it is still there. It will seek inevitably interest. How then to see me while knowing weighed by him? Fortunately that 'with a little insight , its presence is relatively easy to detect.
He came into my body somehow, and has grown like a parasite. Where does it come ? And how to remove? According to the Buddhist method, I will not seek first to know its origin, but rather what to do with him. Regardless of where does the arrow that wounds me, I must first remove it from my injury!
A combat strategy against the enemy could well be this: to the extent possible, place the part of me that I most enlightened, that is to say, my person, (not my character ) over this formidable "Me." Watch it and accept it as the inevitable unwelcome guest with whom I shall call. I can not help it, there it is! So talk with him, listening, smiling, his false truths, not surprise me.
Its presence may also be agreeable to me. Flattering, his first reaction will probably be: Well, you're good! You are able to hold you over your ego. Great! you are truly like no other ! (1) Here, he speaks in disguising himself, he has a mask! I must not seem to bother him, to hurry. It may take revenge! Rather take it by gentleness. I'll talk to him as a good companion, but will disappear permanently the scenes ... Of course, he does not like that! It will hide better reappear. At this point, I turn around, unable to go further. How, then get out?
In my eye (the good, I hope!), One thing is certain: only a strong support, other than me, can rise above the enemy. God can be this single point of support. It is also there for that and I can not do without his help. The "me" is pride. I can not blame him, it is his nature! If he waives the pride he died instantly, and I'm relieved. Orientals call it liberation. But first, to be flushed out, I must acknowledge and accept that he debate "like a devil in holy water"
In this regard, we called Christ? "Who wants to save his life (his self) will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake shall find it (real life)" (2) We find this truth, spoken in a different form, in written oriental wisdom. But the source is the same. "We need that love eventually kill me. Otherwise, it's me who ends up killing the love" (3) It is good psychology!
The same author (3) tells us how love can only kill me: "The proud humiliated does not become humble her pride is insidious and venomous . What nourishes me humility This is not failure but success, and success in the highest and most free: that of love. My self disappears when my soul expands, invaded by a happiness undeserved and unexpected "
Orientals say, rather, instead of "erased" the self is eroding! He disappears into dwindling. A self that disappears into the society that we are, can seem a very small victory. But it is a significant gain, a further step in the human community "to the truth." Progress that allows a better understanding between us, and probably a more stable peace. Mr. Barack Obama seems to have taken this direction. Bravo!
(1) Remember the Pharisee and the Publican: Luke 18, 9-14, (2) Matthew 16, 25, (3) G. Thibon.
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