(01-19-2011, 01:47 PM)Peregrinus Wrote:(01-19-2011, 08:54 AM)Derek Wrote: He has no ego problems and regularly talks about this on his blog from time to time citing or talking about various angry emails from people accusing him of such things (which is laughable to those of us who follow his work).Defending David actually shows that you identify with the difficulties that David experiences. This is empathy/compassion, a desired trait.
Those that judge David, in any way, judge themselves, for all judgment of others is judgment of self. Because David has ego, their judgment means something to him. If he had no ego, he wouldn't even see negative words as negative. Each human has their own level of work to do, and David is no exception.
I couldn't agree more with much of what you said. David posts and talks about these things because he gets well over 120 emails a day (this is a figure from a couple years ago he probably gets alot more than that now, and also blog posts, forum posts etc) a great deal of which attack him for completely unsubstantiated reasons. He is usually very patient but he has mentioned it on his blog a few times to further illustrate a point he is trying to make. Here is an example http://divinecosmos.com/index.php?option...&Itemid=70 scroll down to "A burst of love from the inbox" in bold.
Quote:WHAT, EXACTLY, IS 'EGO' -- AND WHY IS EVERYONE SO HUNG UP ABOUT IT?
The most common attack-word thrown at me is 'ego'.
The basic idea is that feeling positively about yourself, writing articles in first-person tense with stories from your own life's journey, pursuing greater exposure and offering products so you can afford to keep doing your best to reach people, is a bad thing.
If everything I did were free, then we wouldn't be able to function and our service would end.
If I didn't bother to try to spread the word, then many people who might benefit from my work will never hear about it.
And if being 'humble' means that I answer every email I receive, there will be no new material for people to email me about.
It's very easy to pass judgment. It's much more difficult, but far more rewarding, to forgive and accept those who push your buttons the most, realizing that they wouldn't upset you if they didn't remind you of some unhealed aspect within yourself.