Humility: The Safest Identification for the Human Condition

So, that ability to, or that condition, that human condition to take ourselves to be something—the safest and the truest in that identification has to be the foolish beggar, servant of God. So, one is to do with my reality and one is to do with the tanmatra of the ego, the remnants of the false. But the remnants, as Bhagavan said, become like a burnt rope; they don't have the power to really bind you anymore. But I've also noticed that this burnt rope has the capability to reinvent itself. So, although it may be burnt, it can then reinvent itself into a fresh rope which can be even stronger than it initially was.

What I find what remains of me to be is completely foolish, and I see that all that is good actually comes from His light, from His presence. Because from the perspective of the 'me' that remains, we have to look upwards towards Him. From the perspective of that which I actually am, we have to look even at that as something that takes birth within myself. So, I've never met—definitely not am—I have never met anyone or heard of anyone who is completely free from even this burnt rope of the remnants of the 'me', you see? And because that is the dangerous end of it, you see? There's no danger on that end; that is just pure auspiciousness on that end. The dangerous end is if this one starts to take itself to be proud or someone or, God forbid, a master or a Guru, you see? Then that one can cause a lot of trouble.

So, that dangerous end of it has to be dipped and, in fact, drowned in humility as a constant reminder to remind oneself that all that is good only comes from His light, from His presence. And this—whatever this Ananta can take himself to be—is just sheer foolishness, sheer stupidity, and still a desire to live on his own terms and wanting to be right, maybe even about this. So, that is the safety mechanism. But sincerely, you see? Not as a tactic, but sincerely through looking. The safety blanket for this one is to recognize where he stands in front of God, like a naked little child.