Ego versus Spirit
The Alpha male portion is a result of the Ego. The need, given our competition and desire in society to be accepted, but to go beyond that, to be supreme. It's the "Everybody wants to be somebody portion."
However, what ills me about those who believe they must be supreme, or take from others to get, is that we're all part of 1 life force. If someone were to believe that bilking me out of my money would somehow make them richer, they're wrong. By taking money from me, or wronging me, I wouldn't do business with you. In turn, I'd go tell 10 other people of the bad experience I had. Furthermore, you fail to realize life is not finite, nor is it confined. Each one of us has an infinite energy within, and we're all growing. The boy of today with hopes and dreams could be the next Bill Gates. Your only saving grace is that he's a bigger man than you and would forgive your transgressions.
I remember in high school a particularly tall, and lanky fellow who was ridiculed just for being different. Yes, he was the prototypical "dork," but he was educated. And so what if he didn't have girls? He had the smarts to know and comprehend anything, tutor you in any subject taught in my school, and he would be your best friend to your last breath, so what is so wrong if he follows his own path?
He's gone onto bigger and better things and left that behind, but odds are he won't forget the people that wronged him, and even if he did, they had a negative impact on his life, not a positive one, so it's not like he'd credit them for anything or experience any of the joy he would for his successes.
The (2) mentors I work with COULD be considered Alpha, as they're Type A, business leaders in the community, and are very solid in their beliefs. HOWEVER, they're not so solid as to accept when they're wrong. They realize growth is a process, not a destination. They HAVE to accept other people's opinions and learn to understand them in order to get what they want and transact mutually beneficial arrangements.
The Alpha Male concept is one born of the Ego out of Fear as a role that one could wear when they couldn't life amongst others. It's a facade, like anything else people dub themselves as. Like Beta male, Or Bytch, Or King.
You learn that we all live on the same rock, go through the same things in different ways, and that getting anywhere never happens without the aid of others'.
The problems occur when your Ego gives into "being right", "expressing your opinion," or even "correcting others." MoveYourAss... was right as he stated its a dom game that's never won. And if it is, it's mere perception, because underneath it, the person is secretly building resentment over your imposition.
Besides Alpha and Male apply to animals, where laws of Cause and Effect apply, where they have little use for consciousness and seek only to survive.
Learning to go after what you want, but not needing it to survive is a far better mentality than attempting to consume everything to the detriment of others.
If you impoverish others, attach emotional baggage, or inflict negative emotions, the whirlwind cycles back around to you and does not result in any sort of enlightenment or wisdom. This is what separates the wise versus the unwise.
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), others just want to manipulare you. It is simply the most effective mental self-defense system not to be effected at all (actually infected), since it does not really present a danger to you (and your confidence) if YOU just don't allow it to become one.
