Without further ado...
"Pride generally has a good reputation and is socially encouraged, yet as we see from the chart of the levels of consciousness, it's sufficiently negative to remain below pride.
The problem...is that "Pride goeth before a fall." Pride is defensive and vulnerable because it's dependent upon external conditions, without which it can suddenly revert. The inflated ego is vulnerable to attack. Pride remains weak because it can be knocked off its pedestal.
Man has habitually died for Pride- armies still regularly slaughter each other for that aspect of it called nationalism. Religious wars, political terrorism and zealotry- these are all the price of Pride, which all of society pays.
The downside of Pride is arrogance and denial. These characteristics block growth; in Pride, recovery from addictions is impossible because emotional problems or character defects are denied. Thus Pride is a very sizable block to the acquisition of real power."
Power vs. Force, David R. Hawkins
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