How To Be Modest. Not Arrogant

[Chrissy j]

How can I become more modest instead of being arrogant? Ever since I started to delve deeper into personal development I notice I put myself above others because I know more about the mind. I also tend to think that I know what people should be doing in their life's over the people themselves (some truth to that though). How can I take myself less seriously? Any good advice? Thanks 

[askdfjnak]

I think that arrogance is a trick the ego uses to separate itself from other people. If you think you're better than others, you're separating yourself from them.

When you say you want to be modest, do you mean that you want to be more modest than everybody else?
If so, this is just another form of arrogance because you're trying to set yourself apart from others.

True modesty begins to set in when you realise how connected everything is and how irrelevant you (as an ego) are in the big scheme of things. You begin to stop putting so much effort into separating yourself from reality.

Have you ever been star gazing? 

It's a good way to put things in perspective.

[Lawrence]

50 minutes ago, Marc Schinkel said:

I think that arrogance is a trick the ego uses to separate itself from other people. If you think you're better than others, you're separating yourself from them.

 

I couldn't agree more! =)

Thanks