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All Structures Are Unstable
Whatever behavior the ego manifests, the hidden motivating force is always the same: the need to stand out, be special, be in control; the need for power, for attention, for more. And, of course, the need to feel a sense of separation, that is to say, the need for opposition, enemies.
The underlying emotion that governs all the activity of the ego is fear. The fear of being nobody, the fear of nonexistence, the fear of death.
The ego’s insecurity is the consequence of the ego’s identification with form, which, deep down, it knows is always fleeting.
…Once you realize and accept that all structures (forms) are unstable, even the seemingly solid material ones, peace arises within you. This is because the recognition of the impermanence of all forms awakens you to the dimension of the formless within yourself, that which is beyond death.
― Eckhart Tolle
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We have been living in a contrived structure, one built upon the ego’s worldview that believes that one part of the whole can thrive even if all the other parts suffer. This is the worldview that is collapsing before our very eyes…
