Fake Proud

Life has suffering – the cause of this suffering is a poison and blind consciousness which is from yourself – you cannot blame other people.

Every life wants to be free to be able to do what they want – so trying to control them towards what you want is not going to work. (eg. Hitler)

Since we aren’t able to control every other life, we need to control ourselves to do what we want. What we truly want is to be happy and free.

But this basic goal is very hard to reach. Our heart is like a field that is able to grow anything. If you are a bad farmer, poisonous seeds will grow as well. If you are a lazy farmer these poisonous seeds will continue to grow. However, once you clean out these poisonous seeds – and let the good seeds grow then you will have sweet fruits and fresh vegetables.

In order to get this sweet fruit – the first step is to remove the poisonous seeds.

Real Proud – Something that you may feel content with deep in your heart. Pure enjoyment from your own development.

Fake Proud – Enjoyment that comes from a superficial cause – for example only getting enjoyment from other peoples attention. This comes directly from ego.

Anything you do – don’t try to do it just to impress other people.

All this fake proud and fake pretending towards the other life will damage you life and your spirits.

Find harmony to handle people without being fake, but also without being completely against them.

Examples of Fake Proud:

Buying lots of clothes to make myself feel better.
Refusing to lose, not enjoying being incorrect.
Not wanting to lose in martial arts so instead using hard power and bad technique to try to win.
Trying to show the most macho reaction even if it’s insensitive