| I have had 2 incidents come to my attention in the | | | | ourself or someone else. |
| last few days that have reminded me how important | | | | Fear always has an arrogant aspect to it, whether |
| Humility is. | | | | active againstothers, or passive against oneself. It is |
| A colleague shared about going to another | | | | a refusal to connect with or to share with -- a |
| hypnotherapist for some help and the hypnotherapist | | | | complete lack of generosity. |
| tried to dictate what her problem was and only | | | | I find that thinking about a problem as being just a |
| became more insistent when my friend objected. | | | | problem of fear makes it easy for me to indulge it. If |
| A client who was horribly abused as a child objected | | | | I look to see how the presence of fear indicates |
| vehemently when I asked if he wanted to connect | | | | that I am being arrogant and mean-spirited, it is much |
| with that part of his psyche still acting as if it was | | | | harder for me to allow the fearful state to keep my |
| the child. To my surprise, he said, "No way! I hate | | | | interest. For me, the thought of being arrogant or |
| him." | | | | mean burns and inspires me to find a greater clarity |
| These to incidents highlighted for me the ways in | | | | and openness of heart. |
| which we attack ourself or another because of the | | | | It helps to open to Humility as the antidote to the |
| arrogance of thinking our view is the true and only | | | | arrogance if I understand that humility is not |
| view. | | | | meekness but kindness to myself. It is a kindness to |
| One of my spiritual teachers has said that Humility is | | | | open to my true relationship with life rather than |
| Compassion towards oneself. | | | | persist in my fearful fantasy. |
| This made sense to me when I realized that it is a | | | | Try opening to Humility by simply stopping for 30 |
| kindness to myself to reject fearful thoughts whose | | | | seconds, andstretching your arms out and up |
| essential message is that I'm not good enough, or | | | | towards the sky and breathing in fully and gently. |
| strong enough, or smart enough, or lacking in some | | | | Imagine how you would feel at the end of the day if |
| other way. | | | | you took this break to open and breathe every 30 |
| Seeing this, it became clear that Humility is the source | | | | minutes, or every hour, or every time you noticed |
| of truestrength. True strength enables us to reject | | | | yourself getting tense. Go beyond imagining -- do it |
| fear and the temptation to act on fear which usually | | | | and discover the power of Humility. Can you be this |
| means to commit some form of violence against | | | | generous with yourself? Good luck! |