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To give and receive without thought of reward or recognition is the one true desire of it funneled through mankind of which man is currently unaware. Pleasure is the impetus. Art/music/drama/writings its mistress, the spoken word its flesh. Any desire of man not seeded in providing more pleasure in life will ultimately be dispensed in misery and sorrow by it. The more one gives the more one lives. If one can get with this undeniable fact, he/she will not only eliminate every personal desire of gain for oneself alone, but shall have no problem in releasing the idea that any such idea exists. The indispensable joke’s on you! When you take upon yourself the realization that there’s virtually no separation from the Infinite It within you and others; you will then and only then be liberated. True bondage is self-will, self-gratification, self-aggrandizement and the thought of self-control! {Brought about by/through competition, comparison, and the patterned cadences in between the two}You are comprised totally all of these attributes combined and none of them at the same time. Why do you wrestle with them so as if you possibly make a difference?
Realizing there is ultimately no personal self that exists that needs exalting, promoting, or preserving releases the intent to prove there is a separate distinct human being. It is happening (unfolding) as (in) you! You are merely trying to take credit or blame for it. Neither one is applicable. By remaining perfectly still, {in the activity of movement} while at the same time being pliable enough not to be influenced by the seemingly changeless flux of activity occurring in and around you, (whether negative or positive) eliminates the erroneous idea of a personal “me”. It