AC 3906 - regard for self

AC 3906 [2]
...what is a person's own cannot but have regard for self,
and thus to the preference of self above others,
and consequently a contempt for others,
and moreover a feeling of self-merit in the good that we do.
These things are within external truth
before internal truth has been conjoined with it;
and this cannot be conjoined
until regard for self begins to cease
and regard for the neighbor begins to be felt.