After me, the Deluge

'Nach Mir die Sinflut' is one of those German expressions that I have never really found in the English language. 'After me, the deluge' would be the literal translation. It is a very sad commentary on our mental state. I work in the financial industry and it happens to be our job to have views and positions on the state of the world every day. Sometimes we have to bet against countries and currencies. When you have positions on you cannot help rooting for them. The 'I' is suddenly tied to the state of the world, and sometimes the 'I' roots for bad stuff to happen to real people. How perverse is that?

You may say, get another job, and I would respond that's only one choice. The other is to use this opportunity to detach from the 'I'. The point of the matter is that you can step outside of your biases, you can leave them behind like an old skin in that precious 'I Am' moment. The 'I Am' moment is a state of connectedness. Everything and everyone just is, you are not rooting for anything because you are everyone and everything. 'After me, the deluge' is the ego. The ego can be observed and it can be transcended once you become aware of the institution.