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Beyond the mind’s conceptualizations lies the Truth of our natural being. Many terms have been used to describe that natural state. Here we refer to it as Light and to seeing the world from that point of view as Light Vision. In this pod we explore diverse techniques that help free us from our habitual mental conditioning so that...(more)
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  Skydancer : Process of Being

Anti-Egoism Ribbon Campaign

Skydancer said Jun 30, 2006, 4:40 PM:

 

Jeolous of all those yellow “Support our Troops” ribbons, red AIDS awareness ribbons, and the many other ribbons for various causes? Well check out the Black Ribbon Campaign representing “the fight against ego everywhere.”

http://www.theblackribbon.org/

To quote from the site: “According to a recent Population Reference Bureau study on cross-cultural neuroses, over 2.5 billion people around the world suffer from the same disease: narcissism. By late 2012, through the increasing trend of globalization, or what New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman calls the “flattening” of the world, this epidemic may affect nearly every human being on the planet. The plague is only growing. It's time to find a cure.”

Though we would probably estimate the number of people worldwide with ego problems as somewhere closer to 6 billion (the number of inhabitants on the planet) I think we can at least applaud their recognition that at least egoism (narcissism) is a problem. What they call death of ego is really not so much about true spiritual ego dissolution. Even their imagery (if you look at their memeware page) is about violence against the ego, yet any type of violence is exactly what ego thrives on. Their campaign is really anti-narcissm, not anti-ego. Still, it's a start.

 

Re: Anti-Egoism Ribbon Campaign

please delete everything [no longer around] said Jul 12, 2006, 10:08 AM:

 

This is the exact answer… this is it…

we don't need anything else… just this…

you got it !

totally

correct-o-rama

right on

nothing else need be said

= = =

get it or get lost

= = =

this is the teaching, this is the story, this is the important thing

= = =

all else is…. well, ego…

  Skydancer : Process of Being

Re: Anti-Egoism Ribbon Campaign

Skydancer said Jul 15, 2006, 10:18 PM:

 

You brought a smile to my face. Peace, Earth Energy, you beautiful being.

 

Re: Anti-Egoism Ribbon Campaign

please delete everything [no longer around] said Jul 16, 2006, 7:25 AM:

 

A BIG virtual HUG as a tear of joy - love squeezes out of my eye, ready to gush… my heart sends love to my sister … who wants to heal the planet and is very well into it … now both eyes get the flow… peace and love, donald

  Zack : WIsdom Seeker

Re: Anti-Egoism Ribbon Campaign

Zack said Aug 1, 2006, 7:23 PM:

 

This is great! I laughed, I cried, I took a good hard look in the mirror.

LOL, I had no idea this was out there and BRAVO! What a really good idea to get the awareness thing going around this.

thanks for putting it out there!

-Z