About Idols – (1578)

Introduction

The events of the last couple of weeks here in this city has made me reflect a little about what an idol is.

An Idol

“An idol is an image or other material object representing a deity to which religious worship is addressed or any person or thing regarded with admiration, adoration, or devotion.”

Idols Should Be Analysed

If we have an idol we can submit our idol to some analysis so as to not have any unreal expectations and to see more of the reality of the idol.

Doing this brings a more realistic and balanced view of the idol. Also a healthier respect and admiration can be gained, plus some emotional suffering can be avoided.

Speaking in terms of the esoteric work we can use an analysis to see what values our idol extols and what benefit does the person we idol bring to us in all the senses, especially psychologically and esoterically (spiritually).

Note, the above applies more to idols within the fields of normal life such as sport, movies, music, literature, politics etc.

Not to Forget Oneself

Commonly the problem with idols is that human beings forget themselves before their idol. Even if their idol is a spiritual master.

In forgetting themselves they quickly lose control of their emotions and display in front of their idol instances of crazed affection, which go against the dignity of the person, scare the idol and cause security to step in.

We Have Idols Mostly Because of Our Self-Importance

When we have an idol in the common way we dream. We fantasize thinking that our idol will call us, wave to us, say hello or do something, but it is most likely not going to happen. There are just so many that the poor idol can't single out any one of them.

How can they know and why would such a person so sheltered and so accustomed to luxury, come down to see us and give us money? This is to really dream.

The “I” of self-importance just wants to be important to the idol or to share something with their idol. Essentially to be a part of the idol’s life or share something with their idol. 

Role of an Idol

The role of an idol in ourselves is for that person (our idol) to be the living example of some values that we want to incarnate or develop. So our idol within us has to be something that always inspires us to achieve these values.

Clay Idols Crumble

There in society now days so many clay idols are crumbling and this is good and bad in a way. Many sports men and women, that people idol, turn out to be the opposite of good role models. Especially when it comes to AFL (Australian Rules Football) here in Australia, it has turned out that sooner or later we hear in the news of this player taking drugs and doing this and getting in trouble with the police here and there and the other is in jail and another died from a drug overdose etc. etc.

In these times it is very common that all these ‘clay idols’ crumble. Which is good in the sense that it can help many people to open their eyes to the current state of humanity and bad because it can leave many people with nothing to aspire to or reference themselves against, and so they will very easily go wayward. It is much better to have young children dedicated to their sport trying to be like their idol than on the streets bored, depressed and looking for distraction in drugs, sex, vandalism and violence. 

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