Whenever there is a message about loving yourself, I wonder how many times we need to hear this! Love yourself. No matter what messages you receive, no matter what someone else believes and tries to get you to believe, no matter what has happened in the past, no matter what you have done – forgive yourself and love yourself.
Sometimes people hear this message and dismiss it because people do bad things, therefore they must be evil people. And I am not such a Pollyanna that I believe there is no evil in the world. But I learned an important message decades ago during my first retreat with Dr. Bernie Siegel. He had us all imagine we were holding a tiny newborn baby, looking into that innocent face. We all felt a wave of Love. Then he told us that that baby had grown up. Where is the Love?
We judge others. Let’s admit that. Some of us try very hard not to do this, but, at some level, we do it, even unconsciously. And once we are in judgment it is difficult to find the Love.
This kind of Love is not conditional on behavior that meets our standards. No one must work hard to earn this Love. There is nothing to do that changes someone from unlovable to lovable. Every human being on Planet Earth was once that tiny, innocent baby, lovable because it was born. Sometimes, when someone has done something that hurts us, it is hard to remember that we once loved them or that they were once that lovable baby. This kind of Love is a decision, not a sweet emotion or infatuation. This deep Love comes from a place within us that knows the truth of our very existence – that we are timeless, spiritual beings who are having an experience of Life on Earth. When we remember who WE are then we are free to share Love with others.
All Love starts with Self Love. Really listen to that statement. All Love starts with Self Love. The Self within you is the radiant presence of the Divine, your connection to the Source in the Universe, to Spirit. Self Love starts here. And this kind of Love demands that you accept yourself, with all your warts and foibles and the lessons you are in the process of learning. That Self within loves you unconditionally!
Accept that you are lovable. To believe otherwise is the true self-absorption of the ego! Love your Self. Then love yourself. Do you want to change? Love yourself enough to do so. What parts of you do you accept no matter what others say or believe about you? Accept them. This is only about YOU and your eternal Self. Others don’t define who you are at your core. You are lovable because you ARE.
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Mystic Messages 
MUSE-INGS: How many times do we need to hear: “Love yourself.”?
September 7, 2010 — RosemaryWhenever there is a message about loving yourself, I wonder how many times we need to hear this! Love yourself. No matter what messages you receive, no matter what someone else believes and tries to get you to believe, no matter what has happened in the past, no matter what you have done – forgive yourself and love yourself.
Sometimes people hear this message and dismiss it because people do bad things, therefore they must be evil people. And I am not such a Pollyanna that I believe there is no evil in the world. But I learned an important message decades ago during my first retreat with Dr. Bernie Siegel. He had us all imagine we were holding a tiny newborn baby, looking into that innocent face. We all felt a wave of Love. Then he told us that that baby had grown up. Where is the Love?
We judge others. Let’s admit that. Some of us try very hard not to do this, but, at some level, we do it, even unconsciously. And once we are in judgment it is difficult to find the Love.
This kind of Love is not conditional on behavior that meets our standards. No one must work hard to earn this Love. There is nothing to do that changes someone from unlovable to lovable. Every human being on Planet Earth was once that tiny, innocent baby, lovable because it was born. Sometimes, when someone has done something that hurts us, it is hard to remember that we once loved them or that they were once that lovable baby. This kind of Love is a decision, not a sweet emotion or infatuation. This deep Love comes from a place within us that knows the truth of our very existence – that we are timeless, spiritual beings who are having an experience of Life on Earth. When we remember who WE are then we are free to share Love with others.
All Love starts with Self Love. Really listen to that statement. All Love starts with Self Love. The Self within you is the radiant presence of the Divine, your connection to the Source in the Universe, to Spirit. Self Love starts here. And this kind of Love demands that you accept yourself, with all your warts and foibles and the lessons you are in the process of learning. That Self within loves you unconditionally!
Accept that you are lovable. To believe otherwise is the true self-absorption of the ego! Love your Self. Then love yourself. Do you want to change? Love yourself enough to do so. What parts of you do you accept no matter what others say or believe about you? Accept them. This is only about YOU and your eternal Self. Others don’t define who you are at your core. You are lovable because you ARE.
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