Humility cannot be cultivated with knowledge and intelligence. It springs up from the heart when certain circumstances are created by the steady pursuit of favorable and appropriate bhavnas ( like reducing ego, mental silence etc ).
There is always the inner tendency of "I"ness in all the activities of the life. There is reduction in this "I"ness towards the world only when there is realization in the heart that every thing that happens in this world is as a result of the wish of God and not ours. With that deep apathy and non attachment towards the worldly affairs is produced. True humility is produced from this deep understanding that even a leaf cannot move without His wish. With this realization we do not act with the force and guidance of "I". Nothingness is slowly cultivated then. This nothingness is a measure of humility. Nothingness means complete annihilation of ego or "I"ness. Humility springs in the one who has eliminated ego completely. Humility is a measure of the development of higher life of the soul.
Pujya Shree Mota
Jivan Darshan
Edition 3; page 247 - 248.
There is always the inner tendency of "I"ness in all the activities of the life. There is reduction in this "I"ness towards the world only when there is realization in the heart that every thing that happens in this world is as a result of the wish of God and not ours. With that deep apathy and non attachment towards the worldly affairs is produced. True humility is produced from this deep understanding that even a leaf cannot move without His wish. With this realization we do not act with the force and guidance of "I". Nothingness is slowly cultivated then. This nothingness is a measure of humility. Nothingness means complete annihilation of ego or "I"ness. Humility springs in the one who has eliminated ego completely. Humility is a measure of the development of higher life of the soul.
Pujya Shree Mota
Jivan Darshan
Edition 3; page 247 - 248.
