Can one confront SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS and HYPOCRISY without sounding self-righteous and hypocritical onesself?

Question

I ASKING A QUESTION HERE!

Answer 1

Of course.

Answer 2

Of course. How you confront a thing does not have to be determined by what it is. Firemen confront fire, but they're not themselves on fire - if you confront self-righteousness in a straight forward, matter of fact, behavior supported way, the way you'd confront someone about their high blood pressure or late arrival at work, then you can remain quite decent, reasonable, even kind. And if you're not a hypocrite, then you won't seem hypocritical. Keep in mind tho, that most of us our not completely NOT anything. Some of us surely have too much of some things tho!

Answer 3

Well, I know, for sure, that I as an individual can confront it with the greatest of ease. It's so far below me, to be self righteous, that I need not concern myself with it. So to answer your little question, I would have to say most positively, "YES".

(...of course, I am joking)

Answer 4

What is your Net Creativity?
What creative future usefulness do you add to the universe over and above the resources you consume?
If we, as a species, come up with a negative result, we will eventually go extinct. That's how the universe works. God started with nothing and created everything. (It's a metaphor)

Answer 5

Sure, you can...well, at least, you won't sound self-righteous or hypocritical to yourself.
Chances are, the one you are confronting will think you are a self-righteous hypocrite, though.
It's all in your perspective, isn't it?

Answer 6

not really... and even if you do your best and are sincere, you will still be looked at like a self-righteous hypocrite. Especially if you are telling something to someone who hears the truth and it battles with their conscience.

Answer 7

for some people it's easier to condemn other people than it is to address those same issues within themselves. real change will come when we, as people, can instead imagine what it might be like to walk in another's shoes, see their plight and feel compassion instead of hypocrisy. showing concern for another person comes naturally when a person is willing to see the monster within themselves. the monster is within us all. the decision is whether we feed it or not.

Answer 8

Yes:

"He who abuses his abuser is the worse of the two. To refrain from retaliation is to win a battle hard to win. If one knows that the other person is angry but refrains from anger oneself, one does what is best for oneself and the other person also. One is a healer of both"
- Buddha -

Answer 9

Yes and NO.
Jesus was in fact perfect. (self righeous)
However...he was not a hypocrite.

So..... we are supposed to practice what we preach.

Answer 10

I think so. You can mirror what someone has said so they may assess it.

Blessings )O(