VANITY AND PRIDE

 VANITY is having a false picture of self. That one is better than others, more right than others, more talented or better talented than others.

PRIDE is the defense of this false picture of self by fighting, running, or blaming others. Therefore, by becoming a victim of others who are victimizers. 

SELF ESTEEM is a synonym of vanity.

SELF RESPECT is recognizing what I am, where I am, what’s going on here, and what can I do. This needs no defense. It is my (or one) way of saying THANK YOU.

    In the event vanity and pride has died, vanished or disappeared, individuality and Self-respect is what remains.

    There is little opportunity for individually and Self-respect to be manifested as long as there is vanity and pride. 

    The ultimate expression of vanity is the belief that “I” can figure out what is right, what is good, what ought to be, what I need and what you need. This opens the door to every demon in hell (all the ‘not-I’s) to give you the answers to what is right, what is wrong, what is good, what is bad, how the future will be and why it is this way, (the only catch is they give you two answers directly opposed to each other, A & B). 

This is experienced as confusion, depression, worry, anxiety, anger, guilt, fear, insecurity and leads one to look under rocks trying to find the ultimate answer. In as much as one continually gets two answers this is experiencing HELL. THIS IS HELL