"This habit is one of reliance on the Lord and not ourselves. It is one of humility."
And hesychastism is exactly what, in your estimation? The whole idea of noetic prayer is to "die to the self" so that our entire being is focused on God. :)
It is a PROCESS by which one may achieve the "dying to oneself" by repeating the Jesus prayer OR by meditation that follows certain procedures (thus, the Hesychastics, perhaps unfairly, were cast as "navel-gazers" by their opponents).
People achieve deification by different outward means.
Regards