Many have conquered empires with ingenious military might,
brought kingdoms to nothing and great kings to nothing, through wise war
strategies. Many have conquered the earth and sky. However, the most volatile,
the most lethal of all battle fields- SELF- conquers those who capture kingdoms.
Ancient Greek philosophy tells of men who slaye seven headed
serpents, vanquished sea monsters. But the monsters and serpents of self conquer
many mighty men and women. This internal deadly battle field can be compared to
10 empires and 20 sea monsters and 6 headed serpents. Self is a worthy
adversary.
History shows the wanton part way of rampage left by
uncontrolled selves, history shows that self is the cause of all misery to
humans. Sir Walter Scott made a
remarkable statement “he who indulges himself to any excess renders himself
obnoxious to his own reason and to gratify the brute in him displeases the man
and sets his two natures at variance.
The sea monster of uncontrolled desire- overeating,
oversleeping, volcanic emotions and passions. Seven headed serpents of jealousy,
envy, pride, prejudice, anger and talking too much. Many have dead for overeating;
many are poor because of over sleeping. Volcanic emotions of anger, hatred,
envy and jealousy has caused the death of many people.
NO, NO self must be conquered; its self-defeating actions
must end. This is a war against me, my mind, my body and my emotions. (This is
no monk celibacy thing).
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