Tag Archives: selfishness
Egoism has a face
There are people with extinct light
In their eyes and hearts
They embody greed and selfishness
Are the closest to themselves
Walk over corpses for an advantage
They order, they command
See others as a means to their purpose
Seek for power and influence
Want to control, determine
Have a heart made of stone
Are possessed by their possessions
Watch lurking over their “achieved things “
They don’t know how poor they are…
DidiArtist, 28.11.2019
His life is your life – Quote by Sant Kirpal Singh
Empty yourself of all “self” – Quote by Sant Kirpal Singh
Who is good?
Good is he
Who is only of some use
To others?
Behind judging there is always a motive…
Selfish evaluation…
DidiArtist, 06.05.2020
Self-cheating
We just want to hear
What we like
Any truth that is contrary to us
We sweep under the carpet
Are we afraid
That our innermost is discovered?
Are we anxious
That the truth harms others?
Are we frightened
That we lose appreciation?
Are we scared
That our ego is losing something?
It is an illusory world
That we are building
Leading us to dependency
On the opinions of others…
How much honesty towards ourselves do we have?…
DidiArtist, 20.10.2019
Cry of my heart
My words are a cry
Of my heart
People, brothers, and sisters
Let’s not seek the fight
Battle among one another
Let us meet in kindness
With compassion and love
Let us free ourselves from hate
Of being better, of craving for power
To find each other in peace
Let our hearts speak
Not our mind
People, brothers, sisters
Let’s replace self-interest.
To help each other
Bury prejudices
Serving each other selflessly
Overcoming pride and ego
Finding our own mistakes
Not those of the others
To make us better
To be higher
To create envy
But to create harmony
Togetherness, not selfishness
People, dear brothers, sisters
We’re all one
No-one’s better, nor worse
In our hearts we are all equal
Let’s stop waging war
Because every war
Is a war against ourselves
Let our hearts speak
Not our mind…
This path begins
By ourselves – individually:
The way of love and generosity…
Let us begin – not tomorrow, NOW…
DidiArtist, 14.10.2019
Blindly followed
A big mouth is followed
By many fools in large numbers…
DidiArtist, 25.05.2014
Virus: Ego and Mind
Ego and mind of a man
Is like a virus
It needs a host
To multiply his power through:
Money, selfishness, pride, greed,
Attachment – packed in wishes
Detachment is the solution
Even from oneself
To be one…Self…
This virus is spreading around the world
May we all find a serum against it
DidiArtist, 30.03.2020
Power Games
Gulch between man and man
Where differences exist
People split themselves
Fought out in understanding
In grade and shade
Where man takes sides
Roads are forking
Towards individual directions
When the spirit splits
Politics here, sports there
Parties here, groups there
Separate in fighting
For dogmatic views
Teeth hold on to opinions, ideas
In the alliance of collective egos
With war-voices: only we!
What a human failure
Understanding is fragmented
Unity sacrificed
For own advantages
Man thereby divided
Differences need connections
Bridges that unite
Build unities
Love between human and human
Oneness of love and peace among people
A new horizon of understanding
That we all are one
In the One…
A cosmic symphony, divine notes…
DidiArtist, 05.02.2020
Corruptible
How many lies are spread
Just to save one’ s own skin?
How much truth is covered up
For money and power?
How many fakes go across the table
Selling out honour and honesty?
How much cowardice is behind every lie
Just not losing benefits?
How much courage does it take
To free yourself from dependencies?
Questions for people and politics
Exchanging their credibility against egoistic advantages…
DidiArtist, 26.01.2020
Power game
There are always only a few people
Who decide over war and peace
While the common people suffer
Mostly in the event
Of an escalation between nations
They are the pawns
Of a strategic power struggle…
DidiArtist, 19.07.2019
Attacking others – quote by Friedrich Nietzsche
Justice?
Depending on what lawyer you have
How much money you have
A matter of sympathy and antipathy?
Lawyers who are able to neutralize sins
To turn lies into truth
Culprits into innocent people
Lawyers who twist the right
If only the money speaks loudly enough
Within hidden corruption
Judges who allow sentences
In the niches of laws
Even the case is clear
Judges who are themselves dependent
Which parties, opinions they belong too
Fall victims to cunning arguments
Judges and lawyers who have forgotten to judge themselves…
Justice degraded to money, reputation, self-interest…
DidiArtist, 18.01.2020
Presciousness of listening
An egostic ear
Can only hear
Listen to itself…
DidiArtist, 06.01.2020
Ignorance in hurting people
Often we are not aware when we hurt someone
For we are so much busy with ourselves, not seeing
That our reaction has a hurting content
As a motto: “I come first…”
We are fast with prejudices
See things on the level of our ego
Too proud to admit when mistakes made
Leave the hurt one alone: “Not my business…”
There is fear to face the truth
That we were wrong, ego-oriented?
A chess-player cannot just see his own chess pieces
Needs to step into each other’s shoes
Only then we learn the “moves” of the other
Better to understand, better to react
Instead of adopting the position: “I do not care…”
So also no reactions – can hurt…
These thoughts packed in silence
Are like an arrow shot into the other’s heart…
DidiArtist, 15.01.2020
Blind ways
“It’s your fault…”
Our problem:
We usually shift blame
Onto other people
Instead of finding
The cause in ourselves
DidiArtist, 25.03.2018
I am an Alien
I live among people
Who hate each other, go to war
Where blind rage draws faces
Laws degenerate: eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth
Where people chase each other
To blame each other
I live on a planet
On which power, tyranny, egoism, money-greed rules
Where weapons and sharp words speak
Masses pour out in anger
Suppression is on the agenda
Man himself is next
I live in a boat called humanity
That staggers on the ocean violence
Where holes are chiselled in the planks
Threatening to sink the boat
Where stubbornness screams to the skies
Really, I live in this world
But I am not from this world
My heart belongs to the One
Where love is my home…
DidiArtist, 04.01.2020
Destructive egoism
The world itself is not bad
Man makes her bad
He has too little respect
Exploits the earth selfishly
Defends with claws and teeth
What belongs to the world, belongs to all of us
He does not know fair distribution, sharing
All he knows is: that’s what I want, that’s mine…
His selfishness will bring him down to his knees
Will he learn before it’s too late?…
DidiArtis, 18.12.2019
