Have you ever been meta-humbled?
What i mean by that is that you come across a piece of information or idea that gives you what you experience as a more expansive view of yourself, and you think “wow, i must of been so naive to not have realized this about myself ?”
though i think that is destructive to remain in that state for too long.
when i think about it, its like as you come across an expansive idea, you automatically compare it to the current idea you hold. If you then realize the idea that before you thought was expansive, (and even the truth), now seems quite small or limiting in comparison, this is from which springs the feeling of humility. The idea you hold that you now view as limiting no longer affords you a feeling of pride in holding it. During that change is when you are humbled before you adopt the next idea you will take pride in having because it seems to afford yourself more awareness than you thought you had before.