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One of the characteristics of the Illumined is a deep humility. This is
not in any sense an abasement of the self; not in any sense a feeling that
it is necessary to "bow down and worship;" nor yet a tinge of that nameless
fear, which the carnal-minded self feels in the presence of exalted beings.
It is a humility born of the desire to make every one know and feel a sense
of kinship with him; he hesitates to reveal all that has been revealed to
him, lest those who hear his words may think he is either "speaking
foolishly," through egotism, or else that they may look upon him as a being
superior, more exalted, than themselves. And a divine compassion and love
for his fellow being characterizes the Illumined. Again, Paul wishes to
make clear the fact that he is still living in the physical body; living
the life of a body, and until liberated from the conditions that influence
the external world, he is himself subject to the lesser consciousness, and
he does not want them to expect more of the personal self, than that
personal self is capable of, under the conditions in which he lives.
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