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Me? Who Needs a 'Me'?

The world does its thing. There is nothing else that could be done.
Individual will is little more than self-centred expression of the ego.
Will whatever 'thy will', it is the course of action chosen by the whole that will manifest.
This is a conundrum:
- If 'the world does its thing', what is the need for individual will?
From the psychopathic-black magician for whom 'I' is all that matters to the boddhisatva, fully renouncing the self out of love towards others, there are many rooms in that particular mansion!

Is there such thing as a right (as opposed to wrong) amount of 'I-ness'? An ideal balance between individualised, self serving will and self-forgeting ego-lessness? It is obviously for each to decide!

One can assert the symbol of Adam and Eve, banished from the Garden for having tasted the fruit is but a symbol of separateness between 'I' and God, the whole. Whether it is curse or simple feat of evolution, the conundrum is spelt: Must 'I' assert my will or renounce expression of my ego?

The world does its thing.
It does so by manifesting (itself) in a certain way rather than another. According to its needs.
The stone thrown upwards falls down to the ground vertically. It won't be a looping curve. This much we know. This is the way of the world. Somewhat, all possibilities of the stone not falling back down are not favoured by the Universe.
One can assert at this point that whatever happens to the elements that compose the whole will be happening according to the course of development 'chosen' by the world (i.e. the whole).

At this point, one can assert  that all individual will is friction. A totally ego-less will, fully axed on being one with the highest will would not provoke much friction. It is understood that the will of a black magician or a psychopath would create much ripples, result of the extreme exertion of the will. To follow this metaphor, the will of an enlightened Buddah would hardly create any ripples.
One can assume that, the world taking care of its own, the being that chooses to renounce the needs of the self for the benefit of the whole will reap much fruit. It will not break down as it is supple. It will not deperish as fast as that which creates exaggerated friction within the whole. It will likely develop more gracefully, having allowed the world to develop freely within itself.

- AA 333, Apr 2015

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