Thread: Character Defects...question
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Old 03-19-2010, 05:59 PM
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Originally Posted by Pinkcuda View Post
If we had any idea of what our character defects were in the first place we would't need to do an inventory.
How can my character defects bother me if I don't know what they are?
Hence the value of the 4th step. Prior to that--in fact, for most of my life---I couldn't understand my role in my miserable life. I didn't see what I was doing that led to so much hurt, to so much baggage. I didn't know I egotistical or resentful: I though I was a victim! Step 4 meant taking a good hard look at myself, and that is when I began to identify character defects. Very recently I became painfully aware of being to attached & defined by my beliefs, so much so that I perceived other viewpoints as personal attacks. Of course, that was my ego at work. I was very, very bothered by the pain & the upset, but I couldn't quite name the "character defect." So I agree that it is an exercise in self-study that helps us to name the problem. Name it, claim it, and give it away, I heard.
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