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"It is to hold ourselves in contempt through ignoring the urging of our Self, and in doing so, we thereby invite contempt from others."

There is a dual aspect of contempt in what you say here. By ignoring the urges of the Self, not only do we invite the contempt of others, but also create an environment whereby our shadow will become hostile and project the very sort of inadequacies identified by the Self onto others around us.

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