This week’s theme from the game of Gyan Chaupar is often overlooked but powerful square: Humility.
In the modern world, humility is often misunderstood.
It’s seen as weakness. As staying small. As letting others speak louder.
But in Gyan Chaupar, humility is strength of a different kind.
It is the strength of softening. Of listening deeply. Of letting go of the need to be right — in favour of being real.
Humility is not thinking less of yourself — it’s thinking of yourself less.
It is the quiet pause before we react.
The breath we take before replying.
The honest “I’m sorry.” when we know we’ve misstepped.
The “I hear you.” when someone reflects back something we’d rather not see.
Humility doesn’t shrink us — it grounds us.
It lowers the volume of the ego so we can actually hear what the universe is trying to show us.
In that softened space, something shifts.
We stop leading with our head.
We start listening with our heart.
We let our body speak. Our inner wisdom. Our felt sense.
Because sometimes humility means taking a step back.
And sometimes it means standing tall — but from a place of truth, not pride.
So this week, the invitation is simple, but not easy:
Can I let my heart lead?
Can I stay open — even when it’s uncomfortable?
Can I listen for the learning that life is gently offering me?
Mantra for the week:
“I soften. I listen. I learn.”
As usual, below are our 4 thoughts and 2 questions about Humility.
4 thoughts on Humility
From C.S. Lewis
Humility is not thinking less of yourself, it’s thinking of yourself less.
From Ezra Taft Benson
Pride is concerned with who is right. Humility is concerned with what is right.
From Ralph Waldo Emerson
A great man is always willing to be little.
From Vineeta
Real humility means being open to learning, no matter how much you already know.
Two questions about Humility
Where in my life am I being invited to listen more deeply?
What would it feel like to respond from the heart — instead of reacting from the head?
May humility walk beside you this week, as a quiet guide; not a demand.
With softness and strength,
Vineeta
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