Complaining and reactivity are favorite mind patterns through which the ego strengthens itself.
For many people, a large part of their mentalemotional activity consists of complaining and reacting against this or that. By doing this, you make others or a situation "wrong" and yourself "right."
Through being "right," you feel superior, and through feeling superior, you strengthen your sense of self.
In reality, of course, you are only strengthening the illusion of ego.
The egoic sense of self needs conflict because its sense of a separate identity gets strengthened in fighting against this or that, and in demonstrating that this is "me" and that is not "me."
In your dealings with people, can you detect subtle feelings of either superiority or inferiority toward them?
You are looking at the ego, which lives through comparison.
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