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How to Dissolve Challenges
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• Do we acknowledge that more advanced people might
exist, - but certainly not in our immediate environment? This challenge is also active • when we feel hurt if brushed off haughtily or treated
with disdain, and • when it irritates us to watch others being put down
arrogantly and with contempt. And further - the fact that we chose bodily existence in this time of pervasive egoistic conduct makes it most likely that this challenge is active in us now.
How to Neutralize Arrogance We cannot remove this blockage by opposing, battling, suppressing or repenting it. Any kind of energy we put towards this attitude - no matter if we accept or fight it - only attaches our emotions to this same theme. Yet this inevitably programs similar experiences for our future.
How can we neutralize arrogant behavior while retaining the natural pride and self-respect we need for survival? • If we are secure in our knowledge, self-respect and inner
worth, there's no need for aloofness to get respect from our fellow people. It is accorded naturally. Rising disdain and aloofness are warning signs that our life is narrowing. It pays to stop this attitude before it paralyzes our life completely.
