Best Advice

The best advice I can get for my situation comes when I give advice to someone else in a similar situation.

And strangely enough... the situations are always similar. Only the degree and details are different.

Ego

This is perhaps the most blinding one. With any of the other vices, at least the soul is aware of the handicap and even when it feels helpless, there is a desire to overcome. However when ego (in the form of superiority complex) is in place, the feeling of 'I am right and others are all wrong' comes up. Personal mistakes become invisible. Even good qualities of others seem bad. Cynicism prevails. Even highly knowledgeable souls who are speaking all the right things can be so caught up that the disconnect between thoughts, words and actions is not at all seen. The problem seems to be all on the other side. 'And because of me, somehow the situation gets salvaged.'

Hmmm... come to think of it, the problem is that the power to discern and decide get lost.

Goal

When the goal is clear and compelling, there is intoxication and the momentum to follow through and complete. In the absence of a good goal or even a general aim, even small situations seem challenging. Once the aim is clear; energy, enthusiasm, persistence magically appear... and life becomes enjoyable.

Challenges

Any challenges are purely internal.

How I deal with any situation depends on how I manage my thoughts. That's it really.

Introversion

Silence is necessary. Detached. Witness consciousness. No expectations. Just need to determine my own role in the game. It is a drama and each one plays an accurate role. I am free to choose. Lotus like life.