denigrate ourselves!
It is understandable that they think this way because there are many
statements that one may misunderstand such as:
1. Thinking oneself lower than the straw in the street
2. The soul is one ten thousandth the tip of the hair in size
3. The individual soul is tiny
4. One should be selfless
5. Etc.
Also we may come in contact with people who in the name of Krishna
consciousness authority denigrate us, telling us that