'Humility' Articles
Ideas of humility are indoctrinated into us quite thoroughly. Every effort is made to convince us that humility is a virtue. To the point that self sabotage is one of the most common neurotic behaviours. Genuine humility would embrace the thoughts of self without dramatization, and thus reflexively embrace the behaviours of their fellow man without arbitrary judgement.
Live your life thinking as you do when you are relaxing in bed at night, and neither arrogance or shame will govern you long. In time, as you live like that, all you will have left is the freedom of the full self, and then what will your life lack?
“To become truly great, one has to stand with people, not above them.” Charles de Montesquieu (French Politician and Philosopher, 1689-1755)
“Humility is to make a right estimate of one’s self.” Charles H. Spurgeon (English preacher of 19th century 1834-1892)
“True humility is contentment.” Henri Frederic Amiel (Swiss writer known for his masterpiece Journal intime, 1821-1881)
Ideas Of Humility
What is humility? Modesty? In your experience friends, does nature show any preference for modesty? There are ideas of humility, and these ideas are indoctrinated into us quite thoroughly. Every effort is made to convince us that humility is a virtue. To the point that self sabotage is one of the most common neurotic behaviours, if not the most common. We strive to be mediocre in order to preserve the illusion that we are good little boys and girls, and yet we likewise have all likely known people who seemed to demonstrate what we are taught is the opposite quality,… Seek More
Expressed Only In Simplicity
We revile arrogance. Every instinct makes us shun the one who can not allow for the significance of others. This is good and valid, because arrogance is also a neurosis and the arrogant persons judgement is suspect. Can one have arrogance and empathy? Seems mutually exclusive. I think there can be a healthy balance of both. I will go into that. Arrogance feels too rigid for empathy and shame too self centered. Can one have shame and empathy? True humility (though the word doesn’t serve) is expressed only in simplicity. So shame and arrogance… Do either allow simplicity? This makes… Seek More
I Am I
In the case of savantism and a human being who never really gained the ability to identify self, because they did not arrive at the “I AM” stage of awareness… Their minds become a mirror of what is, or at least those parts of their world that their nervous systems can allow them to mirror comfortably, and thus they seem to have an inhuman clarity regarding many seemingly mundane observations. They often come to strange but factual conclusions about those things they observe. This is possible for everyone, though. For normal people, intentional simplicity would be easier with but a… Seek More
Express Self
The Bible says (and I must paraphrase), “Whatever you do unto the least of these, my children. You do unto me also (read as God).” Humanity has shown an amazing and passionate contempt for consciousness in general, let alone their own mind and the minds of the other living things around them. Genuine humility would embrace the thoughts of self without dramatization, and thus reflexively embrace the behaviours of their fellow man without arbitrary judgement. A child who is attacked has an instinct to return aggression for aggression. This would not end, but we punish our people for very many… Seek More
Powerful Without Measure
Today’s topic is humility. It’s a topic of much internal conflict, at least in general, as few esteem an egotist. The word ego was originally used only to mean self, but has acquired a lot of baggage over the centuries. Most of which serves the individual not at all, really. I understand the value of service as a spiritual path. In general though, it is my experience that the humble members of any esteemed body of faith, belief, or spirituality are the most aggrieved individuals in any situation. From the televangelists almost saying outright that the people of Haiti deserved… Seek More
Simplicity Of Self
Simplicity transcends all domains of human experience. All potential that humanity can manifest, it can manifest simply. It’s been said that any genuine truth can be stated simply, and there is a truth regarding humanity. Is this stated by notions of humility as society perpetuates them? Why does one seek to embody humility? What virtue is there in it? Are their convictions any more than mental abstraction? Were they not originally founded and fed by society itself? No. All comes from the mental consciousness. Then from where comes the mind? What objects of experience are there, if all comes from… Seek More
Basic Instinct
Society teaches us to think of a greater good, but who’s greater good? In the name of the greater good, people have attempted genocide. Have actually exterminated species. Have polluted vital bodies of water. Yes, but who defines the concept of greater good? You? I? Others? The capacity to which life and its continuance is supported defines the greater good, but no human thinking of any artificial nature can do this They have defiled not only their own social milieus with caustic mental and spiritual pollution, but have defiled even the ancient roots from which we can heal. There is… Seek More
At Essence
At the basic level, I am humble because I want to do no harm to others and seek their approval. Has society bred that into me, or does it come from a inner core that God or creator installed in all of us? It does, yes. At the core, there can be no arrogance or shame. These are just thoughts. At the core, we have purpose pure of any twists of rationalization or bitter ambiguation of feeling. The Amish have an old hymn that I rather much like, specifically a line from it, “tis a gift to be simple, tis… Seek More
