Such excessive preoccupation with his faults is not a truly spiritual …

Paul Brunton
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Such excessive preoccupation with his faults is not a truly spiritual activity but, on the contrary, a highly egoistic one.The recognition of his own faults should make a man humbler, when it is beneficial, not prouder, which the thought that he ought to have been above these faults makes him. ✨ Paul Brunton (1986). The Notebooks of Paul Brunton: Practices for the Quest; Relax and Retreat, Larson Publication
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