The trick is: "To think only "good" about yourself, without thinking "high" of yourself..."

The trick is to think and feel only good about yourself, without thinking "high" of yourself, or above, or better than anyone else...

Finding a balance...

I'm trying to find this...

God Bless!

truefiction1 said:

Me too. I think we may find it when we come to know (have as a beatitude) the mercy of God. "Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy".

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Micopero said:

I will compare this to a teacher who cancelled an important event to spend that time with you in order to get the full mark, after the teacher leaves, you still have a few hours before the exam, you may feel special, and think "I don't need to study anymore", or you may feel "I still have to revise more and more", the main idea is, if you truly were not special, the teacher wouldn't cancel the event for you, so you are special, but admitting it may push you out of the way... that's my theory, if by feeling good about yourself you mention being son of the king, then that's wonderful.

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Hey, thanks guys...

Appreciate the responses,

Truefiction, I'm still reading your posts in the other thread, I'll try to get to them tomorrow, it's getting late here where I live, and I've been up for too long and need to call it a night...

Thanks again to both of you,

God Bless!

OcifferPls said:

If you try being completely honest with yourself, and seeking God, you may find yourself forgiven and fully accepted.

In that sense, the "trick" is not a trick, but the rejection of tricks.

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Should we not do all we can to not sin though, I already know I'm forgiven and fully accepted no matter what, but, I want to do all I can not to be taking advantage of that, or treating what and all he did for us as some kind of excuse not to do and be and become the best I can be, for him, because of him...

By, "trick" I meant a strategy on how to walk and stay on the narrow path...

God Bless!

OcifferPls said:

That's not what I mean. Either God is real and is able to change you, or not. If not, I don't see any reason to find some other substitute.

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He is the one giving me these things, these strategies at change, how to walk the walk he want's me to walk... He is changing me through the "renewing of my mind" and heart, to be more like him...

Oftentimes he changes us, through us...

What are you seeing is a substitute?

God Bless!

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Pride, ego, over-inflated sense of self-importance, self-exalting, (Exalting oneself) being puffed-up...

Go high, then sink low, then high, then low, and wonder... "Why" the lows...? Are you doing it to yourself...?

I used to think I wouldn't be able to survive, let alone thrive, or be able to live, without my pride... My entire (former) Identity was wrapped up in it, I was afraid to not have it, for fear of losing myself completely... But, it was causing all the deep lows, which was what I had to figure out (or more properly, what was revealed to me)...

Both are sin, both are very selfish and self-centered, which was another thing I had to learn (or was revealed to me)... I didn't know how to "let it go" or let go of it... I was to afraid... Afraid to die, spiritually, to let the old man die... But, I'm starting to "get it" now, with his help...

Both extremes are sin, and can cause you to sin even more, and both are very selfish, ultimately... I found I could live without it...

To "kill" it, it took the very low, low's... As much time as I spent on a high or in the high's and the height of the high's was dealt back to, in equal and opposite measure in and with the low"s... To kill it... And, to put a stop to it, till I started to catch on and learn (finally) (with his help)... The abundance of revelations made it hard also...

I had to learn what is stated in the OP... I learned or am learning it through trial and error and experience and with God's guidance and direction and help... I had to spend many times where I thought I was the lowest of the low, the worst of the worse, (to offset the high's was why)... The voices in my head would convict me of this... And, I had to agree and concede that I was better than no one and I mean no one... and still find a way with this in mind to feel and think good, but not high of myself...

But, I had to learn that it was all happening because of the "High's"... It was either a natural law or consequence that I was doing to myself, or, because of the high's, I was leaving or opening a door for the/my enemies to have ground or opportunity to pick on me, or beat me up a bit, leaving grounds for them to do so with God...

Anyways,

God Bless!

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