Conscious humiliation

In the western world, people protect their pride and ego by all means, even unto death.

But on the path of spiritualization, people feel their worthlessness and go through a discipline of conscious humiliation. For example, they stand under the midnight stars and feel their nothingness. They stand in front of oceans, in the presence of tornadoes, earthquakes, floods, and see how insignificant the are. Also, they realize and understand the greatness of geniuses - great painters, scientists, heroes, artists -- and see how their life flows in valleys and canyons.

But the greater humiliation comes when a person, possessing the gift of great visions and understanding of higher principles and standards, sees his own failures, defeats, the poverty of his life, and his lack of fulfillment.

In some spiritual disciplines, humiliation is the first step to crush your ego and vanity, your dream castles, and get you to feel your own level of reality. After you feel your own level of reality, you begin to travel toward the heights with a true sense of reality and humility.


-Torkom Saraydarian
Human Nature