What are the dogs of humanity?

I love dogs, I do, but like anything that is in our care, the enjoy ability of having a dog is directly relational to how well that dog is trained and the amount of leash that it is given. We’ve all spent time at some point in our lives boiling over at some loud barking, garden digging, yard defecating or otherwise unruly canine whether it be our neighbors or our own. Remember the old saying that if you give someone enough rope….? Well the same goes for the dogs of humanity. If you have a dog who never gets proper attention and doesn’t learn to behave around people, that dog may bite people and most certainly will annoy people. How do we avoid this? Well, if our dog is the type that needs a lot of attention and jumps up on people, we may decide he needs to be on a shorter leash at times. If our dog has a tendency to bite first and ask questions later, we might have to consider a muzzle. (Before any dog owner gets worked up, please understand that this is just an example!)


Inside every human is another pack of dogs that needs attention and consideration at all times in order for our soul to have a good life. Each is an important part of who we are as humans and each can either help us or hinder us in our quest for enlightenment. Each must be given enough leash to properly feed itself and held firm if it wants to go beyond this. Over or under feeding any of these dogs will cause problems in your life and a dysfunctional relationship between you and your human, or the human “you” that surrounds your soul.



Today I will speak about the human dog of Ego.

Ego often gets a bad rap. It is seen as a negative and anyone who “has an ego” is seen to be vain and full of his or her self. First of all, if you love and feel good about yourself, there should be nothing negative about this. Ego, like any of the humanity dogs, is an important part of every human. Ego can provide the strength of character and self esteem everyone longs for but few have. It is responsible for much of the positive in how we feel about ourselves, and much of the negative that others feel about us.

The key to understand and controlling this dog is to first accept that Ego is not bad. It is just a part of being human, a dog that must be managed. It is very important that every human feed the Ego dog on a regular basis, but equally important that this dog never be allowed to run free off leash. If the Ego dog is left off the leash, its human will become overly vain and “egotistical”. In order to function in the best way for your soul, it important to free oneself of the many distractions and negative energy’s caused by, well, by being human!

Think of it like this. If you were an attention seeking dog who jumped all over everyone and loved to be pet, you might be so interested in this attention that you wouldn’t notice all of the plants, vases and other décor items that you were tromping on everything without notice. Doesn’t this remind you of some people in your life, or perhaps you yourself? There are times in our lives when people pay us the compliment of appreciating what we have done and this makes us feel good, just like when a dog gets his head scratched or his tummy rubbed. The dog needs this to feel wanted and appreciated just as our human ego needs attention in order to properly support other dogs like Emotion, Competitiveness and Creativity. (Other dogs which will be covered later). If you give your Ego enough leash to feed himself, but not enough to lose control of him, you’ll find life is that much easier from then on. Properly feeding the Ego dog can help instill a sense of confidence which will allow us to steer our human through the worlds maze with less trouble. It can help us begin to build the bubble of truth around ourselves that is the fundamental core in enlightenment. Accepting that you are in charge, not your human. The you inside, the one who talked to you from the earliest memory. Who felt that you were from another planet or something, because no one on earth could ever possibly be feeling or thinking what you were feeling or thinking at that moment. Does this sound familiar? Of course it does, for every one of us at some point or other has felt that nothing made sense and we were not the same as anyone else. This is our soul trying to speak out. It generally manifests itself in our youth, when the soul can be felt but the world is throwing so much distraction at each of us it is near impossible to focus. Due to a lack of control of our human dogs, most people go through life constantly reacting to the world around them rather than having the world react to them. They accept statements such as, “She’s just like that”, or, “Deep down he’s a nice guy”. Deep down we are all nice. Our soul cannot be anything but logical and good. It is pure and sound and does not err. Unfortunately however, this soul is surrounded by the dogs of humanity, which begin like us, as small newborns, and quickly grow out of control if not properly attended. (And lets face it, few if any of us are born into an environment which would nurture yet control the dogs, therefore they generally end up in charge!)

Have you ever known someone who seemed totally together in almost every way, except for one thing that seemed out of place? Maybe you know a person who seems generally in control and calm, but in certain situations can have what we often refer to as a swelled head? We are usually taught that this means they are vain and egotistical, which is often correct, but most importantly is the fact that while this person may have most of their human digs well contained and under control, there are times when the Ego dog is given too much leash and becomes an annoyance to those around it. Each of us has varying degrees of control on our own dogs at any given time, whether we understand it or not. Some of us may be in control of our Ego dog but not our Emotion dog. Others may be have a good handle on everything except the dog of Emotion, with swings of happy/sad that seem to defy logic. This is often referred to as Manic Depressive or more recently Bi-Polar. My philosophy is that rather than naming something and then providing medication for it, if people could learn that regardless of the many western medical system descriptions, the bottom line is that if you’re Emotional dog is not leashed properly, then the soul, (you remember, the you inside that only you knows is there?), cannot be at peace. The Ego dog has a factor in feeding some of the other dogs, for if you have a good balance of Ego, (meaning just enough leash so the dog is fed but not fat!), it will support the other dogs like Emotion, Creativity and others. A properly fed and cared for Ego is like a properly fed and cared for dog. It is healthy, calm and attractive to others, not to mention a nice shiny coat! Never again think that feeding your Ego is wrong! Just remember that like all of the human dogs, it is one that must always be kept in check to assure that it does not gnaw through its chain and run wild. Like playing a large fish, the Ego must be given enough room so it can run without letting it break the line. Now I know there are people out there (or are there?), who would say, “I have nothing about me that is good enough to feed my ego” or something similar. To this I say nonsense! If you feel this way it is only proof that for too long your Ego dog has been under nourished. The people around us, friends, family, community and the world at large are very successful at beating the healthy Ego out of humans. It begins early from all directions and expands as we begin watching TV and notice that what the world seems to think of as beautiful, intelligent and sexy does not have a place within us. How many young girls have been torn apart by fears and anxieties over looking right, fitting in, being “cool” and a host of other concerns put on us by outside forces who seem to have already decided we are unworthy without ever meeting us. An important factor in dealing with this is to remember that first of all, you cannot and must not look to the outside world for confirmation of your life nor for justification to your actions and decisions. The only way to find that serenity that we all want, whether we admit it or not, is by reining in the dogs of humanity while making sure they are properly fed and cared for. Just like the out of control barking dogs I spoke of earlier, and out of control Ego will disrupt and pull your human into places and situations that are neither healthy nor productive. It is like a very small child walking a very big dog. The dog cannot be controlled and will pull the child all over at its will. As the child grows and learns the keys to life, so the dog seems to shrink and become more manageable.

More to follow………