Pride and Humility

"Pride goes before a fall" as the saying goes.

With pride comes confidence.
With the confidence comes egocentric.
With egocentric comes pertinacious.
With pertinacious comes misdirection.
With misdirection comes failure.

After failure comes self-realization.
After self-realization comes reflection.
After reflection comes humility.
After humility comes guidance.
After guidance comes direction.
After direction comes success.

Pride goes before or after a fall?

How well do you know yourself?

子曰：

无听之以耳而听之以心，

无听之以心而听之以气，

听止于耳，心止于符。

气也者，虚而待物者也。

唯道集虚。虚者，心斋也。



庄子将听分为三种境界，一是听之以耳，二是听之以心，三是听之以气。他认为，听之以耳是肉体感官的聆听，听之以心也仅仅是情感的感动，而这种肉体的情感的感动进而抵达一种听之以气即感悟音乐背后的“道体精神”，才能达到一种从有到无的精神超越。