Licking the Razor's Edge (2015)

We are arrogant in relation to our environment (e.g. clinging to “scientific facts”), we are
arrogant in relation to our societies (e.g. rabidly supporting certain leaders or political
parties who are “in the right”), and we are arrogant in relation to our fellow human beings
(e.g. denigrating our “enemies” or openly worshiping our “heroes”). Complaining and
gossiping and bragging and analyzing give us all a sense of self-worth in a life that feels
otherwise powerless. Arguing and debating and proselytizing give us all a feeling of
superiority in an environment so large as to make us feel miniscule.
Of course, as long as we succumb to the myth that there is no alternative to this arrogance
– as long as we keep attaching to the myth that have no choice in the matter; essentially,
that we are “only human”, then we will continue to suffer the potent consequences of the
same … consequences that happen to include the following:
*Our ARROGANCE DESTROYS our RELATIONSHIPS …
Instead of intently listening to what others have to offer us, we arrogantly dismiss their
words and coldly dismiss their concerns. Instead of allowing our own challenges to be
eased by a community of friends, we arrogantly seclude ourselves and futilely strive to
solve our difficulties on our own. Instead of immersing ourselves into relationships that
have real warmth and depth and Meaning, we build connections that are tenuous and
hollow and superficial –- relationships that cannot even begin to provide us with any true
Connection; relationships that cannot hope to last …
In essence, our arrogance keeps us isolated & alone.
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