But I AM Entitled
By Steve Beckow
Posted on December 7, 2023
But I AM entitled!
I’m staring at this huge vein of entitlement that I have. White, male, college-educated, lives in a supposedly democratic country, on and on. I’m entitled.
You may say, well, just wake up. But it goes far deeper than the conscious mind.
I described these earlier as automatic behavior patterns that are habitual. They’re the precipitate of our core issues, or vasanas, the residue. (1)
It takes considerable concentration and commitment to catch ourselves acting one out. And even more to raise it to awareness, acknowledge it, and then stop acting on it.
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Breaking the Self-Serving Cycle
By Steve Beckow
Posted on May 6, 2023
Peter the Great
Long. A little technical, maybe complicated. I’m OK if you skip it and go on to the next article.
As living, breathing beings, while in human form (as opposed to angelic form), (1) in my view, we create ourselves.
Some people call what we create a “personality” or an “ego.” (“Ego” means “I.”) I think of it as a constructed self, a product of our own conditioning.
As human beings, we don’t act by stimulus/response. Because we’re cultural animals, (2) we act by stimulus/thought/response. I think of thought...
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I, Robot: The Mechanism of Self-Interest
By Steve Beckow
Posted on May 3, 2023
I’m watching how deeply my self-serving bias goes and, oh, my, it goes right down to basic, vote-changing, decision-making level.
Prime Directive: All decisions must support me.
Everything else flows from that.
Of course I assume that everyone else acts in the same self-serving way.
I treat people differently: When I see a friend acting self-servingly, I turn away. But when I see a “foe,” I watch closely and mentally take notes.
And afterwards, if there’s any fallout from my self-serving actions, I apply a goodly dose of guilt and shame that cements...
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