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Straightforwardness means simply to be honest with oneself and with the Divine and not to be crooked in one’s ways. Self-justification is unwillingness to recognise a mistake and an attempt to prove oneself right even against the censure of the Mother.
Source: CWSA Vol. 29: Letters on Yoga – II: Book II > The Path of the Integral Yoga > Basic Requisites of the Path > Sincerity
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