The Sophisticated Ego
“A
sophisticated ego, far more dangerous than the ordinary raw quality of the
uncultured ego, which can be easily traced to where it is.”
“The
sophisticated ego becomes more and more difficult to find. It becomes so subtle that it goes on slipping
from your hands. And it becomes so
clever at changing its faces. If it can
change its face to meekness, humbleness, surrender, then what else do you want
it to do? It is doing almost the
impossible: it is pretending to be its opposite.” - Osho “The Magic of Self-Respect” – pg. 225
America
is filled with the common raw arrogant egos and it is also filled with the
sophisticated ego. The ego is so strong
in America; it comes in so many different forms. You would truly have to be a Zen Master in
order to teach the Martial Arts to Americans the right way. If you are not a Zen Master, there will be no
way that you will succeed in properly teaching the Martial Arts. Finding the right path on your own is hard
enough. Guiding somebody else towards
the right path spiritually is even harder.
It is a challenge for all Martial Art teachers that is not easily
accomplished. Because of the
difficulties, it is understandable why much of the spiritual training in the
Martial Arts has been abandoned in America and the final result ends up
becoming combat sport or basic self-defense instruction.
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