Humility is No Identity – (2411)

Humility is NOT to Take a Humble Low lying Attitude

We often think that to be humble is to lie low and take a humble peasant like attitude, with a particular pose and facial expression. Wrong!

From the consciousness in our psychology point of view, this is just as wrong as taking a boastful, hero attitude.

Why?

Both are identities that we identify with. There is the hero identity and the humble peasant identity. One is classically and clearly pride as in the hero identity, and the humble peasant identity is disguised mystical hero pride in wanting to be better than the hero by appearing to be humble, which is regarded as more spiritual.

Humility is the absence of both sides of pride, which in practical terms means not to be identified with any identity.

Masters Are Not Masters to Themselves

For a master to consider him or herself a master is to have an identity. They are really and truly humble because they are not identified with any concept or identity they are remembering their being which does not have any of these false identities. It has the identity of what it truly is and that is humility. Humility among many other things is no identity. The Buddha is not the Buddha!

End (2411).