Episode #8: HUMILITY
The Awaken To Your Real Power Podcast is the starting of a wonderful journey to wisdom which could erase the mist off the air to help you understand your inner self like you never have before. In the podcast series, host Roma, stressed on the positives which, the changed focus of her thoughts, has introduced in her life, through worthwhile conversations with highly regarded individuals who are ahead of her in this journey.
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I think there are 2 kinds of people in this world when I look from the perspective of humility–one kind that can’t stop talking about themselves and the other can not speak about themselves.
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– Roma Bajaj Kohli
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show notes:
Today’s episode is one that seems to be a bit controversial, no it’s not about politics or anything like that. It is about humility. Our views on humility seem to be one sided. A negative connotation when people hear the word.
It is time for us to relearn what we know about humility. It is beyond just being humble it is about finding value in what you don’t know and being willing to search for the answers.
Humility is one of the most sought after virtues by yogis.
Humility is realizing how far they fall short and have an overwhelming sense of their need to grow.
Humility is the mother of all virtues; purity, charity, and obedience. It is in being humble that our love becomes real, devoted, and ardent. If you are humble nothing will touch you, neither praise nor disgrace, because you know what you are. If you are blamed you will not be discouraged. If they call you a saint you will not put yourself on a pedestal.
Humility to me is the feeling of being born naked, nothing to hide and nothing really unique to show but all to be loved.
There is this uncanny rawness, fierceness, and realness in being humble.
Pride, angst, lust, greed, temptations, shame, and guilt just disappear when one experiences humility.
The urgency to do and to prove dissolves. Fear, failure, setbacks, and challenges seem like another hump to climb. Success wins, accolades and promotions open up a whole other pathway of meaning and purpose to life.
Being humble is almost like living fully in the perfect few days of spring with a light jacket on.
For me, humility reminds me of my true nature helps me be my most genuine and best self.
When I’m humble I don’t see myself as either too big or too small. I just witness and listen to this body, see the mind doing its circus while my higher self patiently watches and chooses my best life one thought and one breath at a time.
True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing. Humility helps one stay teachable regardless of how much you know.
Compassionate and forgiving
Looks for the best in others
Seeks to win people and not arguments
Realizes there is a higher governing power that knows one's true motives
Leaves the judgment of the heart in the divine’s hand.
Actual humility is not about devaluing ourselves or devaluing what we know; it is about valuing what we don’t know and valuing others as potential sources of that knowledge.
Equipped with humility, we can learn not just from people but also from objects and events. When complemented by spiritual understanding, humility helps us see the whole universe as a living university. Therein, we can learn constantly from the Universal Teacher and feel enriched by his divine presence.
When we thus appreciate humility affirmatively as curiosity, it can make us warmer in our interactions, wiser in our actions, and wealthier in our devotion.
One-sentence summary:
Humility is the empowering acknowledgement that what we don’t know may be more important than what we know.
Think it over:
What is the essence of humility?
Why are some people afraid to be humble? How are such fears unfounded?
What are the benefits of seeing humility affirmatively as a curiosity?
“I think there are 2 kinds of people in this world when I look from the perspective of humility–one kind that can’t stop talking about themselves and the other can not speak about themselves. “
–Roma (0:46)
"Humility, I have learned, must never be confused with meekness. Humility is being open to the ideas of others."
–Simon Sinek
“Humility is not thinking less of yourself. It’s thinking of yourself less.”
–C.W. Lewis