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(...)

Real humility, that is, humility as a power, is another word for self-respect

(...)

Another secret is that your ego is not going to go away just like that.

In fact, it is going to follow you everywhere! Even into meditations filled with great light...

You'll just be sitting there when all of sudden, this or that thought from your limited self will emerge, pulling you down in a second.

To come down like that means you are still open to influences of a lesser order. This is a sign of ego.

(...) Ego is very subtle, which is why it is not easily detected.

However, if you stay alert and pay attention to yourself, you will be able to maintin your humility regardless.

You will be able to remember that whatever is happening is a test.

You are being tested on your determination to not allow anything to touch your wings.

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Maintin your self-respect by remembering that you are not going to allow ego to reach you, you are going to keep it behind you.....

While you just continue to fly."

Dadi Janki, from Wings of Soul