Working With Vanity...

John Clarke

Working with Vanity is a long term project 

and requires all of our patience 

with ourselves and acceptance. 

Acceptance means acceptance, 

that we have this thing we would rather not have, 

but that we will not judge ourselves for it, 

just see it and note it. 

But keep at the back of your mind that with inner work 

and presence over time, 

you will most certainly change and Vanity will lessen.

 

A good sign of it becoming less strong 

is when we start to really value others 

and to actually LISTEN to what they have to say. 

That is not half listen 

and identify with our much “better” I.  

That comes usually after fairly long work 

at seeing ourselves, 

seeing we are more or less the same as everyone else, 

not better or worse, 

in fact that we are brothers and sisters on the path.

~John Clarke

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