Its no secret that I am an avid follower of politics and am a very biased Democrat in terms of my political leanings. The more I practice, though, the more I find myself chilling out the fierceness in my points of view. That is not to say that I do not still get angry or scared or just emotional about politics, but I am realizing more and more the true import of my views versus reality. Its easier to see, I guess.

As I interact with those with whom I would previously have been angrily conversing, I realize that they live in an entirely different reality than that in which I live. When I hear them put forth a point of view, I am amazed and almost fearful that they can see things the way they do and that they don’t naturally see things the way I do through my lenses. It’s a simple intelligent analysis after all. How could they think anything else?

The more I see my attitudes and opinions for what they are – the ego grasping at straws for relevance – the more I can see the insanity of our existence, belief systems, and delusional behavior. Certainly I am not rid of my own, but I can see mine now whereas before I would plunge my existence into hateful rhetoric.

What becomes crystal clear is the amazing power of the ego to transcend our true reality.