"Humility is most important.  

For as long as you think you know something, you remain as the ego. 

 As long you identify with your judgment, opinions and knowledge, you remain as the ego. 

 Whether you say "I am worthless" or "I am incredible" you remain locked in the ego.  Even those that are thinking right now "I already know this" are locked in their ego.

 The ego creates duality.  You identify with your thoughts, beliefs and desires as you.  With this apparent creation of this individual "Me", you are separate from everything else.  This apparent separation creates stress.  

There must be the survival of this "me" in this world and so everything outside of you becomes a potential threat to your survival. 

From the person who slowly walks across the street keeping you from driving to work on time, to a lover who does not act the way you want them to, to the way the cook made your sandwich, to your computer flashing things that you do not want to be flashed, to someone who does not share your beliefs.   All of these things and millions more each day threaten your existence as an ego and on a subtle level become your enemy.  You avoid them, try to manipulate them or even fight with them. 

 But the moment you accept them, your ego is no longer in control, there is humility.  And in this humility there is great peace and transformation.

 So practice humility.  Not as "I am being humble" but in total surrender to the moment.  To allow everything you feel, to allow every thought, and everything in your outer world to be as it is in this moment.  

In this complete surrender, you relinquish all stress, and you relinquish the individual "I" ego.  For without your opinions, knowledge, beliefs, desires, you do not exist as an individual, but as the silent witness.

 Let every moment be an opportunity to practice such humility. Then you see yourself in everyone, and everything.  And you are peace itself, love itself, bliss itself.

 

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