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Why do we seek to find fault with others?
Fault finding is a universal habit, no matter who we are, where we live, or what our circumstances may be. We are taught not to point fingers at others, but this habit persists. Fault finding is a clever device of the ego. It serves a purpose as far as the ego is concerned. The ego does not like to bring attention to itself, and fault finding helps draw attention away.
The ego survives on shaky ground knowing that one day, we’ll wake up and realize that the mind is not a whole entity by itself, but a small part of the whole. Within that small portion is ego’s dominion where it has managed to trap our awareness. The ego also magnifies the mind, so we don’t easily encounter its boundaries.
From an individual’s perspective, the mind appears to stretch to infinity. There are billions of people, each with a vast mental field. Logically, there should be an overlap of individual mental fields. Such an overlay will not be in our experience as long as the ego exists. The ego pins us to a unique point of reference. It also creates a distinct separation between each mental ‘island.’
Fault finding is a universal habit
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