Sometimes I think about how impatient I used to be with other people’s points of view. I’ve always been a spiritual person, but ten years ago I was a mean spiritual person. Whenever someone disagreed with me about anything I would quickly and condescendingly point out to them that they were wrong. I’m glad I’m not that person anymore; but my higher self pointed out that I can still be intolerant. Continue reading “10 Spiritual Beliefs That Can Block Compassion”
If to know yourself is to love yourself, then to love someone else is to know them too right? But what does it mean when you get to know someone, and you don’t like them? Do you think that maybe you don’t like them because they remind you of something you don’t like about yourself? What if you don’t like them because they show you something you don’t know about yourself?
Self-esteem is such a nauseating pop culture topic, that I was once ashamed to even admit that I think about it. I’ve thought about it regularly since sixth grade when I wrote an essay on how girls exhibit low self-esteem through aggressive behavior. And ever since then it’s been a topic that I’ve tried to get away from. But you can’t get away from something that you carry within your cellular memory. It will haunt you until you pay attention to it.
Continue reading “I Thought I Dealt With the Self-Esteem Issue Already, But it Just Won’t Go Away”
For some reason, my Higher Self thinks that I’m a leader. I keep trying to tell her that I don’t want to be, but she doesn’t seem to listen to me. That’s why we fight so much. Continue reading “I Had a Fight with my Higher Self Because I Don’t Want to be a Leader”
Are you fed up with your phoniness? Well let me put it another way… are you tired of being afraid to show your true self? Do you obsess over things like image, branding, and etiquette? Do you constantly worry about what people think of you? Do you withhold how you really feel from others for the sake of looking good? Do your friends tell you that you are phony? Do you feel like a fraud sometimes?
Continue reading “How to Love the Phoniness Out of You, a Shadow Work Exercise”
