It was believed by the ancient alchemists that the dust or powder that covered a moths wings
contained the universal wisdom and brought enlightenment revealing the hidden knowledge
and wisdom of the world.If they had TV and advertising in those days, you would be told that
"a moths wing a day, will keep ignorance at bay"!
I was told over four decades ago now by a wise old man, who looked me in the eye, and said
that I needed to cultivate a modicum of humility every day, in order to stay well and balanced
within. I took note of his valuable advice and insight, and have since tried to cultivate a
modicum of humility every day.
When I looked into the meaning of the word humility,I first thought quite wrongly I discovered
later, that it meant a type of being that was depicted by the Dickens character called Uriah Heep
'very humble' pray lord hold me excused!
I then found two words that described humility very aptly one was to forever remain 'teachable'
and the other word was a honest appraisal of oneself warts and all.
To be able to see yourself as you really are, then when we can do that, if we find something within
us that is negative or unpleasant , we can make a decision to change that within us.
Meditation has helped me enormously over the years, and still does today, because by seeing
ourselves honestly and reflecting on this,we can begin to realise the depth of our ignorance of
reality.
Meditation also reveals the foolish notions than can arise within us,like that of false pride and
arrogance,and it will also take away the need to bullshit ourselves about who and what we could
really do or not do
In this modern world where MORE is seen as positive, the idea of a modicum of anything seems
negative, we want more and more, instant gratification, buy now get one free, this is the age we
live in today, the mindset of faster is better, slower is negative. if we could possibly get a
humility app on our smart phones we would all be downloading lots and lots of humility, and
perhaps even bragging to our friend, that my download of humility was faster than yours because
I have got 5G on my smart phone so there!!
In part two will delve deeper into this warmest regards Michael/
kirkpatrickmichael17@gmail.com any feedback welcomed facebook Soul Realisation.
contained the universal wisdom and brought enlightenment revealing the hidden knowledge
and wisdom of the world.If they had TV and advertising in those days, you would be told that
"a moths wing a day, will keep ignorance at bay"!
I was told over four decades ago now by a wise old man, who looked me in the eye, and said
that I needed to cultivate a modicum of humility every day, in order to stay well and balanced
within. I took note of his valuable advice and insight, and have since tried to cultivate a
modicum of humility every day.
When I looked into the meaning of the word humility,I first thought quite wrongly I discovered
later, that it meant a type of being that was depicted by the Dickens character called Uriah Heep
'very humble' pray lord hold me excused!
I then found two words that described humility very aptly one was to forever remain 'teachable'
and the other word was a honest appraisal of oneself warts and all.
To be able to see yourself as you really are, then when we can do that, if we find something within
us that is negative or unpleasant , we can make a decision to change that within us.
Meditation has helped me enormously over the years, and still does today, because by seeing
ourselves honestly and reflecting on this,we can begin to realise the depth of our ignorance of
reality.
Meditation also reveals the foolish notions than can arise within us,like that of false pride and
arrogance,and it will also take away the need to bullshit ourselves about who and what we could
really do or not do
In this modern world where MORE is seen as positive, the idea of a modicum of anything seems
negative, we want more and more, instant gratification, buy now get one free, this is the age we
live in today, the mindset of faster is better, slower is negative. if we could possibly get a
humility app on our smart phones we would all be downloading lots and lots of humility, and
perhaps even bragging to our friend, that my download of humility was faster than yours because
I have got 5G on my smart phone so there!!
In part two will delve deeper into this warmest regards Michael/
kirkpatrickmichael17@gmail.com any feedback welcomed facebook Soul Realisation.
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