How Honest (one+est=be, that is, to be with oneself) Am I?

Honest or honesty consists of two different languages; i.e. English (one) and Latin, est, to be). To be honest, therefore, is to be with oneself. In class this morning, the teacher suggested that there are two types of students. The first kind are those who want to understand and make effort to understand. The other kind are those who feel they already understand and so they make no effort.  I wanted to blurt out, "What about the third type?  They understand, but they're still making effort to make a shift."  But I didn't.  I'm a bit conservative - afraid of revealing too much about myself.  What if my statement revealed that I actually fall into the second category?  I had to check first - which category do I belong in?

My whole supposition that there was a third category was to protect my ego - yes, I understand.  BUT, I'm still humble, I'm STILL making effort to change.  My ego cries out - I understand AND I'm humble - what more is there?  And this is where I need to be honest with myself. 

If I really understood, would I be trying to change things?  Or would there be acceptance of how things are?  Or would my focus be on increasing what's right instead of focusing on changing what's wrong?  OK, these are points for me to ponder. 

The point of the blog is - how honest am I?  Am I deceiving myself?  If I'm not putting this study to good use, then it's all a waste.  If I'm not being honest with myself, then I can't know if I'm on track for meeting my spiritual aims.

Being honest means to check.  Am I relying on ego to navigate me or am I checking the evidence? - - - - - -

Ross Galán, NLP Spiritual Life Coach
at the Spiritual Life Coaching School