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How to Dissolve Challenges
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Arrogance Manifests in Different Intensities - Depending on the Stage We Focus On
In STAGE 1 all intensities and varieties of this challenge can influence us. This is the only stage where we may block all our growth by showing haughtiness and senseless self-importance.
In STAGE 1 it feels normal to put down others haughtily - while a minute later feeling hurt when we get treated this way.
As long as we allow our arrogant behavior to run unchecked, we automatically lay the seed for further - active as well as passive - experiences of similar intensity. Arrogance and all its negative effects remain a theme of our life for as long as we don't stop this mechanism.
The only effective way to neutralize this challenge completely is to shift focus to STAGE 4.
In STAGE 2 to 4 we start to wonder if aloof behavior is such a good thing. Our stance softens a bit. If - each time this challenge activates - we make a conscious effort to stop this obstructing emotion, we create a momentum that will ultimately free us from this challenge - irrespective whether each single effort is successful or not.
From STAGE 5 to 8 we more and more realize the total uselessness of this emotion. Yet sometimes we still succumb to its sway.
Patience, perseverance and being aware of this mechanism help to overcome such temporary eruptions.
