One doesn’t always associate humility with the virtue of grace. Expressions of humility can sometimes convey inferiority, statements of unworthiness and self-deprecation. Such expressions come across as disingenuous, self-serving and an attempt to evoke sympathy. In other words, not a graceful way of accepting praise or thanks for a job well done.

A true expression of grace should convey a natural elegance, beauty and poise—like the graceful line and movement of a trained ballet dancer, or as seen in one who walks with an easy, balanced step. It is an elegance that comes through a person naturally without any outward affectation, without anything false added on.

True humility comes from within; it is one of the virtues expressed through the selfless heart; it is a quality of the soul. For this quality of grace to come through, the personal ego or self must stand aside. A truly humble person will not speak with self-deprecation or with false modesty or express a sense of inferiority. If he is truly humble he will remain silent about his accomplishments, knowing that the work done satisfactorily will speak for itself. True humility comes through as a graceful virtue of the selfless soul.

There is a similar grace that comes through the network of Triangles. In the service of Triangles there is a way of developing an expression of group humility. One of the qualities needed for developing humility is “an adjusted sense of right proportion.” By visualising one’s triangle in the vast worldwide network of triangles, one should gain a balanced appreciation of one’s contribution in the context of the whole. In this network, one works without recognition, satisfied in the realisation that the individual self is only a willing channel for the divine energies; one is willing to stand aside for the good of the greater whole. This is the grace of humility coming through.

True humility is that steady, quiet strength that comes through when one is willing to stand in one’s recognised place in the whole. A particular quality of beauty arises when, say, all members of a group can work this way; when all are detached from their little contributions; when all can lose themselves in the service of the whole, without recognition. Then a new inclusive energy begins to radiate and all are uplifted and the inner intent and purpose of the group work is realised. This is group humility, a rare quality to see these days. There is nothing false—no exaggerated claim—emerging from the group; only its intended purpose is seen. As with the Triangles network, in time, only the divine soul qualities of light and love and will-to-good will be seen, transforming human consciousness from selfishness to selflessness. The natural grace of the human soul will then walk with poise and beauty in the world.