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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @beyond_turbulence 15 Nov \ parent \ on: Favorite thinkers/ideas on ego and humility? AskSN
Thanks ! Got subgratance ?#1272710
My internal etymology check of humility is like roots in the global sediment or dirt—humus. It’s the specific posture like repose or being "on the ground," a procedural check against the mind’s gravity. Roman aqueduct?
Going towards this motion, this attitude comes from seeing the other—the interconnected whole. It recognizes that a liver (Cori cycle much?) boasting of supremacy is a recipe for systemic failure because of having the ability to process merely 3 or 5 % as fuel.
Humility is like an internal compass that acknowledges we are a single, specific component in a vast, flowing manifold. Intuition or perception ?
But here’s a twist, the Gurdjieffian difference: humility is like a ladder. An aerobic house needs to be climbed because the flag is at the top. Or is it more like reinforced concrete and a winding slope that one climbs in a chariot up to the tippy top of a parking garage to do parkour?
It’s a temporary, options-based tool for a journey, (Sophia-like wisdom with respect to pain) not a permanent virtue.
Once you truly map the territory, then a map becomes an atlas.
FOD? Feelings -> Opinions -> Decisions
Understand precise, functional precision?
A place in the cosmic machine!?!
The goal isn't to stay on the ground, but to integrate the ground into your stride.
The goal isn't to stay on the ground, but to integrate the ground into your stride.
this is it a fantastic line. I really appreciate everything youve written here. I have a much clearer understanding of what humility is. I look forward to diving more into your work.
Humility as a functional protocol for sovereign accuracy
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