Humbleness: does it require insecurity

[brianold]

humbleness as defined by the Rogets II: The New Thesaurus, 3rd edition, published by the editors of the American Heritage Dictionary: "lack of vanity or self-importance"

vanity as defined by the same source: "excessive pride in one's appearance or accomplishments"

does humbleness requre a degree of insecurity? or can one be humble and secure in the fact that one is humble. Do many people inadvertantly use vanity to justify their humbleness? In other words, do people need to boost themselves up to be humble, using their attempted humbleness to position themselves above others who they percieve to be less humble and thus less far along any given path. What does it mean to be truely humble, with no one knowing, and perhaps suffering because of it?

[quiet]

My opinion and expression is cultivated by my experience. Whatever is helpful in this expression is from the Most High; whatever falter you find is my own.




Humbleness is what it is,
simplicistic in application, but made complex by our struggles within ourselves.

Humbleness is felt, before it is seen.

Humbleness is the undeniability to accept and express that one may not have the absolute answer.

Humbleness is inclusive of being able to listen without uttering a word or thinking about how to respond before the other persons thought is completed.

Humbleness is closely connected to right, pure, and GOD-focused intentions.

Humbleness is having an unquenchable desire to submit freely and willing, to all that is right(eous).

The other things you mentioned, in my opinion, involve aspects of false piety, deceptive righteousness, and counter intuitiveness, [which we could expound on if you like]. Continuing...and at the lofty expense of suppressing the good inside of oneself (the soul) and accepting a nominal royalty of temporary acknowledgement and accolades, in my opinion, can set the stage for insecurities to act out its ill-scripted role. Humility and insecurities, in my opinion do not go hand in hand, I believe they are seperate issues. We are all subject to experiencing insecurity at some point or another; it is one of the natural characteristics that makes us human.

Utimately, Allah knows best. May you be guided in attempt to explore and possibly find the answer(s).




September 2005
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[brianold]

When I was young I might walk into a lunchroom some days and truely be confident in every part of my being.

But there are days that I believe all of us have, when we walk into "lunchrooms" knowing that we have something about us that is either embarrassing or that we are insecure about.

We always think of someone who is humble as being totally secure, or someone who is wise.

But doesnt it take humbleness to know that you are insecure? And doesn't it take true humbleness to truely know that you are wise?

I wonder, if they are so closely related then, if the relationships are symbiotic.

Since it takes humbleness to know that one is insecure. Does it take insecurity to know that you are humble? How can you be humble without insecurities? And in turn the combination of those two things becomes self-security. But can you be truely secure without being those two things first?

And if it takes humbleness to know that one is wise, doesn't it take wisdom to know when one is really humble?