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Subject: Re: Virtue 101

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Giovanna Zammit

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Date Posted: 18:06:20 11/18/02 Mon
In reply to: David Arthur Johnston 's message, "Virtue 101" on 12:05:54 11/18/02 Mon

>Humility is good... because it sees truth regardless
>of apprehension.

You are right. Humility can help us to stay centred and in our truth. It is so easy (speaking for myself) to take a position of needing to be heard, and to be right.

>Pride is bad... because it ignores the fact that you
>are God/god-thingy.

That is interesting. Having pride, we ignore our relationship to God/Source/Creator. I have not thought of it like that before.

>When we move away from pride there are consequences
>for being dependent on it in the first place, but
>these consequences will be face-able because it
>becomes apparent that fear (like anger) is rooted in
>pride... and all the while love will be inspiring
>practicality toward happiness.

Is all pride fear based? I guess when you think about it, when you fear of losing something (of yourself) it must be pride of ownership of that thing. We put a value on it. What value should we put on who we are then?

>However stubborn one would wish to be there is no
>trauma that cannot be seen objectively... and calmness
>is bigger than any confusion.

Can confusion be cleared by going into the past and seeing our past experiences objectively, or, is that part of pride as well. Is it pride that keeps us tied to our own history?

>Define your environment. Discern for yourself whether
>or not happiness is real. Then you'll have something
>to work with.
>
>In love,
>
>me
>
>PS: forgive all

Thank you for your inspirational message. I'm looking forward to learning more. I hope you don't mind the questions.

I am very interested in learning about the language of Forgiveness.

Peace,

Giovanna

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