![]() ![]() ![]() Read more: Discover Melissa Ambrosini’s similar approach of shifting from a place of fear to love when feeling broken. She baffled the medical establishment when after returning from the brink of death, she began to heal completely within days. She states that illness is caused on an energetic level first where self-love resides and then the body follows. In great detail, she describes how a near-death experience taught her that a lack of self-love contributed to her illness. Her theory for optimum health is the difference between living a life making decisions based on fear as opposed to your decisions coming from a place of love. ” - BuddhaĪccording to Anita Moorjani’s book “Dying To Be Me”, choosing love it is the healthiest thing we could possibly do for ourselves. Also, discover hundreds of guided self-compassion meditations that help healing and improve self-confidence. Read more: Explore how to be kind with the Yogic wisdom of Ahimsa. Take advice from writer Elizabeth Gilbert who says, “Embrace the glorious mess you are”. Love the negative parts and what we think of as faults too. We must try to love ourselves without exceptions and remember to be forgiving when we automatically revert to our old pattern of self-limiting speech. This won’t happen overnight because we have been this way for years. Change that critical, mean inner voice to a warm, loving, expression of who we really are. Next time we step on the scales or show up late to work, speak to yourself with kindness and no judgment. Making friends with ourselves begins when we mentally speak with kindness and a gentle, light-hearted tone. We would encourage them and lift their spirits so they don’t take themselves so seriously. ![]() Taking care of something we love will gain our attention more easily and we will devote more time than we would on something considered hopeless or unworthy, which is how we tend to think of ourselves.Ī great way to begin the process of activating true self-care is to imagine how we speak to a friend who experiences failure or disappointment. We think we need to be tough on ourselves for motivation but really the opposite is true. “Whatever words we utter should be chosen with care.” - BuddhaĪn essential first step is to improve our self-talk and quiet the inner critic that judges and condemns our actions and feelings. Buddha On Self-Love & Self-Compassion Be Nice Here are a few ways to fill our cup of self-love until it overflows, so we may be open to give and receive love freely right now. Why wait for the outside circumstances to change?Įckhart Tolle will tell us that if we “Get the inside right, the outside will fall into place.” Inside is where our love waits for us. Then and only then, do we feel worthy of our self-compassion. We expect to be happy with ourselves only when we get the job we want, after acquiring something or losing weight. But instead, we love ourselves with conditions. Loving ourselves unconditionally exactly the same way we love our children and pets is what we are striving for. “You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.” - Buddha Self-compassion was emphasized often in Buddhist teachings and can lead us to the steps we need to take towards loving ourselves in a natural, organic and healthy way. Rather, look to the ancient wisdom of the Buddhists. The concept of self-love should not be confused with narcissism and selfishness. ![]()
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