Don't make yourself an idol. We respect Plato on all sides, but many of the things he extolled as truth are rare nonsense. In other words, it is not man who should be honored, but truth. Do not think that if A is true, then B will be equal to A.
Fear is the product of disgust. Disgust is the product of admiration and fascination. It is said, do not make yourself an idol and you will not wallow in fear. When you create an idol, you create fear at the same time.
“You shall not make for yourself an idol, except for your Lord” means that there is one true path while there are thousands of false idols… Why would you choose a crooked path if there is a true one? If you serve other gods, you become their slave, but in serving your God, you serve reason and you serve yourself.
It’s a very important commandment. It means that God is truth and God is mind. Idols kill your mind and prevent you from thinking on your own. By deciding what is truth and what is lie, idols deprive your mind of its main purpose, that is, the ability to tell truth from lie and good from bad.
Idealism violates two main commandments: "do Not judge" and "Not make an idol", however, idealism is pride, so to find something that he would not disrupt, will not work.
It is said, do not make yourself an idol, but you did... This is also called pride. Because you despise and don't like anyone who doesn't share your idolatry.
Angels are sexless because they love and serve their mission in life. Questions related to the violation of the commandment "do not create an idol for yourself" or the sin of lust are of little interest to them.
The paradox is that lying and love are one and the same thing. The difference in the motion vector. Love is something that looks into the outside world, and lying is something that looks inside itself. Lying is a violation of the commandment " do not create an idol for yourself." Having created an idol for himself, the liar becomes blind.
And do not serve people, because it is said: "do not create an idol for yourself." Serve your ideas. Ideas, these are the true gods of this world. Find a beautiful idea and serve it.
By over-loving a person, you violate the commandment "do not create an idol for yourself", turning the object of your love into an idol and a dependent person. Over time, getting used to the state of dependence, idols lose the ability to move, they atrophy their arms and legs. Over time, the idol begins to resemble a worm and does not cause contempt in the audience. Do not envy idols, their life is pain and fear. Life is movement, movement is joyous. Lack of movement is fear, sadness, and pain.
It is said, do not create an idol for yourself, but I will add... first, you make idols not of those people, and secondly, to be honest, idols are very far from ideal and there is nothing to pray for. And third, you can, of course, admire idols, but you should do it very selectively, taking each of some individual features and never all.
When you call a thing good, beautiful, and delightful, you also judge and also violate the commandment "do not judge" and violate the commandment "do not create an idol for yourself".... And you go to hell, too.
In essence, a violation of the commandment "do not create an idol for yourself" is a violation of the commandment "do not judge" in the part where you decided to call a thing Good.
You are love. Love is the ability to see beauty. Your mission in life: to serve beauty, to know beauty, to create beauty. But remember, everything is beauty. Don't make an idol for yourself. Some things already have enough love, others don't have enough love. Look for the lack of love and avoid love overkill.
Don't make an idol for yourself. We all have a snout in the gun. Making an idol out of a pig is a very stupid idea. Among the living there are no those who are without sin, among the dead there are no such, but about the dead it is either good or not.
The property of genius is generated from inattention, by the power of the mind concentrated in attention. In the normal state, the genius is unfocused, but by force of will it concentrates attention to the point. At the same time, the genius does not stick to a point and is not afraid to turn into this point. All other people sit either at the level of the forest, or are locked in a point.
There are two real ways to get rid of hope and let go of your desire. The first is to hope for everything at once. The second is to concentrate on a single exalted desire, for example, in the pursuit of God, perfection, beauty, or truth. Since God is everything, all lower desires will automatically become part of him.
To create an idol is to claim that the Rolling Stones are crap, on the grounds that the Beatles are geniuses. The proud man says I don't like black because I like white. What I like is white, what I don't like is black. Pride and ignorance divide the world into black and white, and humility tells us that God is everything.
The soul is the capacity to love. God is love. Love is the ability to see beauty. God is everything. Everything is beauty. The idea of making an idol from a single source of beauty violates the commandment "do not create an idol for yourself" and turns a person into a drug addict, draining his pleasure.
Lust is not love, but lust for power and vampirism. You pray for your idol, you want to own your idol, you drink the energy of your idol. The idol owns you. You are a slave, you serve an idol, you are a chain dog that is fed with bones so that it is not lazy.
Violation of the commandment "do not create an idol for yourself" inevitably generates a huge pride in a person with all its sad and joyful consequences.
What are the incoming values? All religions unanimously agree that everything is God, and God is beauty, love and truth... That's why they say, don't create an idol for yourself... Everything is worthy of love, everything is the same in essence.
Don't love me, just go to hell... Love the truth, love people is a sin of pride and a direct violation of the commandment "do not create an idol for yourself". True love has nothing to do with idolatry. The desire to cut down a Christmas tree, put it at home, dress it up in shiny toys and dance around it... waiting for joy and gifts.... That's what your love is... and then, when the holiday is over, the Christmas tree will be thrown into the trash and all the joy will end there.
It is said, do not create an idol for yourself, this means, do not take your hope, faith and love outside of yourself. There are a lot of useful and beautiful things in the outside world, but you only need to take what is useful for yourself, necessary to serve your goals. Everyone does good and throws it into the water. Everyone can take good things out of the water as needed. Our world is the Kingdom of heaven, and those who are greedy live in the dark dungeons of their illusions.
You are a pleasure – addicted drug addict, a proud man who has created an idol for himself… You crave power over your Vice. This is not going to happen. Wise nature knows that stick, carrot, and uncertainty are the only ways to keep addicts on their toes.
True love is unity in love, that is, love for the same goals. Love between people is idolatry and violation of the commandment "do not create an idol for yourself".
A person who sacrifices himself to another person is probably an idolater who violates the commandment "do not create an idol for yourself". Idolatry is a sin of pride, a direct ticket to hell.
Useful commands for auto-training. It's okay. I did everything right. Don't think about it. Focus on Now. To think about the future or the past is pride. Don't judge. Don't create an idol for yourself. Love your neighbor. Don't lie. Don't kill me. Restrain your hunger. God is good. Good To be.
Whoever understands life fulfills the Bible's commandments and rejoices. Don't judge. Don't create an idol for yourself. Don't swear. Take care of today. Love your neighbor as yourself. Love your enemies. Master Jesus was right about everything. Gentlemen Buddha, Mohammed, and other prophets were also right about everything.
Just because you think you're a genius doesn't make you better or worse than another person. We live in a perfect world where everything is perfect. Genius is just love, joy, purpose. Genius is the star that gives when it is destroyed, or the Earth that takes and creates. In any case, making idols of the sun, earth, or moon is a violation of the commandment "do not create an idol for yourself".
Love your enemy. Hit on one turn the other cheek. Don't judge. Don't create an idol for yourself. All these theses are needed to overcome your own fear and pride, so keep your faith in yourself, the ability to move and grow.
"Don't create an idol for yourself» this thesis is not only about people, but about the search for salvation and the answer to the question "what to do?» Remember, everything is salvation. Everything is the truth. Everything is beauty and energy. And pride is a lie that denies that God is everything. Your disregard for the small and commonplace is pride and blindness.
It is a big mistake to turn a loved one into your drug and source of pleasure. First, do not create an idol for yourself, and secondly, the addict automatically tries to control his drug, which creates a chronic conflict, which is impossible to win. From this point of view, finding love in an Idea and serving it is a much better option. What can prevent you from serving your idea?
Do not judge, because when you judge, you are like an accuser, like Satan, or an idolater who violates the commandment "do not create an idol for yourself."
"Don't create an idol for yourself» refers to strong sources of joy. Who is an idol? This is a source of joy. Moreover, the source is spotty and eclipsing other sources of joy and pleasure. Everything is joy. Everything is salvation. Everything is fear. To attribute all these entities to one or more sources is idolatry.
I also thought that if God is Love, it is extremely dangerous not to love yourself. After all, if a person does not love himself, there is no love in him, and love is life. Self-dislike is one of the masks of pride associated with the violation of the commandment "do not create an idol for yourself". Those who create idols for themselves do not love people through themselves, but love themselves through an idol. However, such a system is unstable, and gives rise to chronic fear and stress. What if my idol stops loving me? What if my idol leaves me? Jealousy, stress, a thirst for control and power. It is hard for idolaters to live, very hard.
What is the relationship between the dead and the living? The dead went their own way, and the living will suffer for their personal sin, which can be called pride. Why did he create an idol for himself? Where is the acceptance of reality? Where is the faith in divine Providence? Why won't he let the dead go?
Do not create an idol for yourself this is a double-edged commandment that kills everyone and, first of all, the idol. While the idolater cuts down a Christmas tree in the forest, decorates it, leads a round dance around it, the Christmas tree it is very painful to die.
Do not create an idol for yourself out of a sense of compassion for the beautiful and for yourself. Not only will you fill your life with misery, but if a person stupidly agrees to be an idol, his life will turn into hell.
I love Myself, and that means I'm perfect. If I am perfect, then I am love and beauty, and therefore I am the law. Therefore, all my " want» must be fulfilled and I must be loved. If I am love, then I love the people around me. The only thing I say is, don't create an idol for yourself.
Love and beauty are good, but the slavery of love and beauty is bad. It is said do not create an idol for yourself, but you have fallen into pride, you will suffer, there is justice in this.
Of course, if you look closely at the point, you will see that it is the whole universe. However, the wisdom is to realize that the point and the universe are one and the same.
When we say " don't create an idol for yourself» this means that everything is perfect. Man's free will is such that the service of love and the servitude of the spirit are different. Don't create an idol for yourself – so don't be a slave, but also don't be a slave owner.
You will serve either your fear or your love. First, it is more pleasant to serve love. Second, don't create an idol out of your fear and love. If the fear is to turn into the idol, he will turn into love. If love is turned into an idol, it will turn into fear.