I know that honest self-criticism seems almost unheard of among writers at RHP
This opening sentence to an OP written by a very poorly behaved and seemingly incorrigibly sociopathic poster on a different forum made me laugh out loud for its irony and hypocrisy, but that isn't the point here.
Does honest self-criticism have a spiritual dimension? Can honest self-criticism modify or steer one's spiritual outlook?
@fmf saidI would say honest/frank/realistic self-criticism has played its biggest role in how I have monitored and adapted the raising of my two sons over the last two decades, both in terms of being sensitive to their changing needs as they grew and in terms of how my attitudes may have changed over the same period. Honest self-criticism is a force for good that does no harm.
Does honest self-criticism have a spiritual dimension? Can honest self-criticism modify or steer one's spiritual outlook?
The post that was quoted here has been removedWell, the original context is here Thread 189374 and the Debates Forum and your behaviour there, provides a broader context. However, I have put the notion of "honest self-criticism" in a new context here: spirituality, morality, ethics.
@fmf saidNearly, shat my pants. Nearly.
I have no knowledge of and no interest in your uncorroborated claims that you shat your pants.
Actually I was nowhere near close to my pants being shat into, and for the sake of not being accused of being “morally reprehensible” I should probably come clean and admit that my use of the claim to have been close to my pants being soiled it was in truth, a rhetorical gimmick employed for humorous and objective effect.