Self-analysis: to do an honest assessment of yourself and say, “Yes, I am, in a sense, hopeless, helpless.”
Humanism tries to awaken a competitive ego assertion, where you can envision yourself as an absolute center and try to extend the range of your exploitative capacity—you don’t owe anything anyone, you’re number one, you’re the man, the whole thing… And why? Because “I am worth it!” Whereas Guru Maharaj would say, “Without the grace of Sri Guru we are lifeless clay.”