The ego constantly expects or looks for acceptance, love, care, kindness, support, recognition, approval, acknowledgement, attention, companionship, friendship, interaction, cooperation, encouragement, appreciation, praise and compliment, or anything that make the ego feels good, confident, proud and meaningful about itself from other people, or family/the group that it thinks it belongs to, or the society, or the world.
This ego will hurt itself and/or others if it doesn't get what it's looking for, thinking and believing that all its unhappiness, disappointment, dissatisfaction, frustration, anger and hurt are caused by other people's bad and wrong behavior, or unkind, uncaring, unloving and unsupportive reaction and treatment, or inappreciation, or criticism, or unfriendliness, or selfishness, and so on.
Let go this ego. Be free from all these 'unnecessary' attachment, longing, clinging, expectation, craving and aversion.
The mind that is free from the ego doesn't need acceptance, love, support, recognition, approval, acknowledgement, attention, companionship, friendship, interaction, cooperation, encouragement, appreciation, praise and compliment from anyone, or family/group, or the society, or the world, to feel good, confident, proud or meaningful. The mind is free as it is, peaceful as it is.
No one can free other people's minds from the ego. It has to come from within willingly and determinedly to let go the ego, the root cause of all 'suffering' and 'problems' of humanity.
No one is obliged to be kind, caring and loving to one another. Allow everyone to show love, care and kindness, or not. It's the attachment and expectation towards the worldly thinking and idea about "Human should be like this or like that, and shouldn't be like this or like that" that generates great disappointment in us towards what we think is 'bad', 'wrong', or 'inhumanity'. But what we think is 'bad', 'wrong', or 'inhumanity' has no power to disappoint anyone. Be free.
The ego is also the one who wants to feel being 'wanted' or 'needed' by others, that there are people want me or need me, that 'I' am good enough, that 'I' am able to give love and care or inspiration and motivation to others, which give a sense of pride and meaningfulness to itself. Otherwise, the ego will feel bad and meaningless about itself, thinking and feeling that it is unneeded or unwanted by others, that it is not good enough, that no body wants or needs love and care or inspiration and motivation from it.
Once the mind is free from the ego, one can love and care for others unconditionally, without identification and attachment towards the action of giving love and care to others and the result of the action. There's no expectation that people should be grateful and appreciative, or should show us love and care in return. One doesn't need other people's love and care and appreciation to feel loved, worthy or meaningful. One doesn't need to feel loved, worthy or meaningful, at all. There's no fear of being unloved, unworthiness or meaninglessness. One does good to others, and loves and cares for others not because it will make 'me' feel good about 'myself' or expecting to receive love and care in return. And that is liberation.
Be kind, but don't expect other people also be kind.
Be loving, but don't expect other people also be loving.
Do good and don't do bad, but don't expect other people also do good and don't do bad.
Drive with attentiveness and following the rules, but don't expect other drivers also drive with attentiveness and following the same rules.
Love and peace to all.
This ego will hurt itself and/or others if it doesn't get what it's looking for, thinking and believing that all its unhappiness, disappointment, dissatisfaction, frustration, anger and hurt are caused by other people's bad and wrong behavior, or unkind, uncaring, unloving and unsupportive reaction and treatment, or inappreciation, or criticism, or unfriendliness, or selfishness, and so on.
Let go this ego. Be free from all these 'unnecessary' attachment, longing, clinging, expectation, craving and aversion.
The mind that is free from the ego doesn't need acceptance, love, support, recognition, approval, acknowledgement, attention, companionship, friendship, interaction, cooperation, encouragement, appreciation, praise and compliment from anyone, or family/group, or the society, or the world, to feel good, confident, proud or meaningful. The mind is free as it is, peaceful as it is.
No one can free other people's minds from the ego. It has to come from within willingly and determinedly to let go the ego, the root cause of all 'suffering' and 'problems' of humanity.
No one is obliged to be kind, caring and loving to one another. Allow everyone to show love, care and kindness, or not. It's the attachment and expectation towards the worldly thinking and idea about "Human should be like this or like that, and shouldn't be like this or like that" that generates great disappointment in us towards what we think is 'bad', 'wrong', or 'inhumanity'. But what we think is 'bad', 'wrong', or 'inhumanity' has no power to disappoint anyone. Be free.
The ego is also the one who wants to feel being 'wanted' or 'needed' by others, that there are people want me or need me, that 'I' am good enough, that 'I' am able to give love and care or inspiration and motivation to others, which give a sense of pride and meaningfulness to itself. Otherwise, the ego will feel bad and meaningless about itself, thinking and feeling that it is unneeded or unwanted by others, that it is not good enough, that no body wants or needs love and care or inspiration and motivation from it.
Once the mind is free from the ego, one can love and care for others unconditionally, without identification and attachment towards the action of giving love and care to others and the result of the action. There's no expectation that people should be grateful and appreciative, or should show us love and care in return. One doesn't need other people's love and care and appreciation to feel loved, worthy or meaningful. One doesn't need to feel loved, worthy or meaningful, at all. There's no fear of being unloved, unworthiness or meaninglessness. One does good to others, and loves and cares for others not because it will make 'me' feel good about 'myself' or expecting to receive love and care in return. And that is liberation.
Be kind, but don't expect other people also be kind.
Be loving, but don't expect other people also be loving.
Do good and don't do bad, but don't expect other people also do good and don't do bad.
Drive with attentiveness and following the rules, but don't expect other drivers also drive with attentiveness and following the same rules.
Love and peace to all.
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