"The more a job becomes secure, the more a man, conversely, becomes a #slave. He must turn up at a certain #time; he must, for the greater part of his #life, do what he is told by others. His decisions are not really his own; he is not #free. He becomes, as it were, the prisoner of his own #job, and the result of this #enslavement is that he becomes identified with his work. His ego is in his job. And therefore, when the job is taken away, his whole ego seems to be taken away with it. He feels that he is #nothing, he is #nobody. This is the result of the identification of the ego with the job. And the same thing applies to #money. Money is a symbol of #security. It is a symbol of power. And therefore, when a man loses his money, he feels that he has lost his power, he has lost his security, and he feels that he is nothing. He is nobody. And this is the result of the identification of the ego with money. And the same thing applies to #time. Time is a symbol of continuity, of permanence. And therefore, when a man feels that he is getting old, he feels that he is coming to the end of his time, and he feels that he is nothing. He is nobody. And this is the result of the identification of the #ego with #time."
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12/14/2024, 7 engagements