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Home > Rivulets > Arrogant Author: Flyming Lika Arrogant means puffed up, conceited, and boasting. An arrogant person is said to have arrogance. Where does arrogance come from? A kid with pride says that he ran a race in his school and won. He also says that "He can do this and do that as well. He adds that his friends are so dumb that even a simple thing cannot ...bla...bla..." That kid wants to say that he is the best, the cleverest, the most appreciated, most.... , most... most... on and on without end. Our childhood made us to compete frequently. The winners receive valuable items or appreciation. The kid we spoke of doesn't know that "competition" can have good and bad results for his future life. The good result is the pride that will allow him to become more self-confident. The bad result is the distortion of his view of himself, making him believe that he is the best. That is arrogant. Ok, this is childhood. Next step, this kid will leave his childhood. He will grow and grow and become a teenager, then an adult. But all the things from his childhood will remain and influence his attitude. A foundation of arrogance has been established and this will affect the attitude. If this boy is to learn Tao, the problem or arrogance must be fixed. The solution is simple as long as we can utilize Wu. With Wu there will be no problems anymore. But it is not quite so easy to put Wu into practice. Hundreds years ago and even today a lot of Taoists still do not fully comprehend or use Wu. They may discredit the Tao itself. In the case of the boy just spoken of, without competition there will be no value at all. Without value he will not experience "the best of ....." feeling and then there will also be no chance of arrogance. That understanding must be thought over, what is the full meaning of this? There is value in a certain amount of pride but overmuch pride is arrogant. If we are observant of ourselves and use Wu we may become arrogant that we have been so wise as to use Wu. The natural, human tendency is to compare ourselves to others, in a very external way. If we wish to use comparison, it should be an internal comparison, not an external one. For instance, we may compare our self in the moment to our self before we learned Tao. That is useful. To compare our self, externally, to some one other than our self is not useful and it may even prove to be arrogant. Comparing our self to another makes stagnation in learning Tao. It may even cause us to think that another Taoist isn't good enough as he or she is. There is an unsatisfied or jealous condition behind this arrogance, comparing one's self to other people. This can cause frustration. To consider one's self to be more or better than the other, to see others as less speaks only to our own lack of worth. Are this is that we want in Tao? Of course not. If we can make ourselves better than the other, can we consider that we are successful in Tao? The end of the journey is still far away friend, if we are thinking "more", for thinking "more" is less. When we can Cen, even Tek Tao? The worst thing is when someone who is already arrogant thinks another person is arrogant. Oops.... Then what medicine must we take? Sorry, how can we make ourselves not arrogant? Better to erase that thing from our mind. Everything makes us as an object and subject. Compare us before and after learning Tao (  ), and go on. Humble and broad-minded. Those are the things that can allow us to get to the real "Wu".Arrogant? Not a good idea. Only self confident and confused? No. So better sing the song out loud! .... Siau Yau Ce Cay .... Siau Yau Yu... |
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