A New Earth
projection by a mind conditioned to see enemies and to make itself right or
superior. At other times, the fault may be theirs, but by focusing on it,
sometimes to the exclusion of everything else, you amplify it. And what you
react to in another, you strengthen in yourself.
Non-reaction to the ego in others is one of the most effective ways not
only of going beyond ego in yourself but also of dissolving the collective
human ego. But you can only be in a state of nonreaction if you can
recognize someone's behavior as coming from the ego, as being an
expression of the collective human dysfunction. When you realize it's not
personal, there is no longer a compulsion to react as if it were. By not
reacting to the ego, you will often be able to bring out the sanity in others,
which is the unconditioned consciousness as opposed to the conditioned. At
times you may have to take practical steps to protect yourself from deeply
unconscious people