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That is, rather than reveal infinite humility through self as story, it creates invisible arrogance that masquerades as humility. By creating a model by which to navigate infinity, it compresses it into the finite world you feel you can "understand."

E.g. it's like a child counting 1, 2, 3, 4, ... and realizing the concept of infinity and then extrapolating this to understanding all numbers/math, thus ignoring irrational, imaginary, etc.. numbers. It's an infantile understanding of infinity.

This is the most pernicious kind of arrogance because it masquerades as humility. It is rivaled only by Self itself in its ability to hide in plain sight.

An example is a group of minorities complaining to white men about diversity. The men can *only* think "Ah, another problem for ME to solve." thus maintaining the status quo. Whether or not they are qualified or not is *not* the actual problem. (often they are tbh)

This comes across as arrogance even though from a rational and logical perspective THEIR action DOES generate the most benefit. This is both from being in a position of power and often ignored cultural dynamics. https://twitter.com/a_yawning_cat/status/1341514796106014720 …https://twitter.com/a_yawning_cat/status/1341269415984156672 …

The self-as-story feeling however is difficult to actually generate consistently just like entering a flow state at will. (Most at-will flow state entrance requires heavy control over the environment. E.g. a sports match or a morning reading ritual)

The most traditional way to seek this feeling is through long meditations. Another common "modern" method is through accumulation of knowledge in the hopes of triggering a it some sort of super "insight" orgasm.https://twitter.com/a_yawning_cat/status/1333339180601020416 …

The core weakness of any prescribed methodology is that a prescription requires a prescriber. A prescriber is a solidification of an identity which then acts or communicates a prescription. E.g. a koan, bible, yoga poses, trinkets, etc..