Magnanimous self-righteousness protects the rights of others.
However, petty self-righteousness is mesmerized by hurt feelings. Self-righteousness is a disguise these slighted feelings wear to justify being indignant.
Rather than being fooled by these antics of the ego, sit with hurt feelings.
Hurt feelings hurt. Be with them and with any anger, fear, and sadness that may arise.
Do not allow them to fester.
Offer them to the fire of yoga, and they will be transformed in the crucible of love by the heart.
With such kindness to yourself and your pain, compassion transforms it like the alchemists once dreamed into gold, inexplicably growing the human heart.
The Every Day Yogi 