| Being a mind-droid. | | | | street. Whistling a little tune to themselves and happy |
| Every now and again I have to pull my ego back in | | | | at work. I used to think road sweeping would be a |
| line; in fact it happens quite a lot. It's difficult trying to | | | | degrading job. Now that my job involves a lot of |
| get the balance between trying to make money for | | | | decision making and a little pressure, road sweeping |
| the future and trying to be spiritual. Making money | | | | looks like a good choice. Imagine the thinking time |
| often involves the ego looking for attention. At | | | | that can be done when you're sweeping the roads, |
| every corner the ego stands and tries to attract | | | | what other job can offer you that with a relatively |
| attention to itself. Recently I have been doing this | | | | good pay. |
| trying to attract visitors to this blog. It might take | | | | It's a good idea to remind yourself of your spirituality |
| some time to realise the ego is on another power | | | | every day. Nothing fancy needs to be done. A simple |
| trip, but if you realise it you're doing well, if you don't | | | | visualising of you transcending your body and |
| realise it you will be like all the others in life living life | | | | reaching out to the collective force would be enough. |
| as a mind-droid. My life as a blogger often sees me | | | | Being thankful is also a good spiritual exercise. Giving |
| becoming a mind-droid until I notice it. I stop | | | | my wife or kids an extra hug can lift my spirits |
| searching for the links, I stop looking at my Google | | | | enormously. |
| Adsense earnings, I stop writing articles to attract | | | | Mind-droiding is an easy trap to fall into, but it is also |
| links and write from the heart. When we are in jobs | | | | easy to remedy when you catch it. Do something |
| where we need to attract attention it is easy to fall | | | | that will lift your spirit and you will temporarily be a |
| into the ego trap. | | | | free mind-droid, do it often and you will be walking in |
| The most spiritual person could be the road sweeper | | | | a different direction to your mind-droid friends. |
| who is happily minding their business sweeping the | | | | |