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Self-criticism is not the way

That leads to self-perfection;

Neither is self-flattery.

Through conscious self-awareness alone,

The seeker reaches his goal.

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From:Sri Chinmoy,Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 99, Agni Press, 1984
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