On The Inclination Towards Hypocrisy

I guess sometimes in criticizing people, we ourselves are the ones who need criticizing. One good test is to find out how much time we spend in criticizing others, and how much we actually spend in examining our own hearts. Lest we think that we are wise ourselves, we ought to be humbled by our own hypocrisy. Pluck out the speck in your own eyes, before you do that on your brothers'. Why is this teaching necessary? Because we are one huge bunch of blind, ignorant people. Many times I have failed.

Ignorance. Isn't that what characterizes us? The failure to see exactly what you condemn? If you hate something, chances are you ought to hate yourself! You know it, but you have chosen to see it selectively in the faults of others only. And if the Spirit of truth had not illuminated your mind, you would have continued acting in such ignorance of your own faults.

O wretched man that I am.