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| The understanding of the value of “Self-love” has been contaminated by the religions, particularly Christianity. Born out of “original sin” how can we even accept ourselves, let alone love ourselves? Biblical statements like, “There is no greater love than to lay down one’s life for one’s friends,” stories about the good Samaritan, the endless insistence on “service” and charity, and loving thy neighbor, are drilled into the vulnerable minds of young children. Not surprisingly the term, “self-love” is typically demeaned and associated with vanity, narcissism, selfishness, egotism, and so on. In reality, in the world today, there seems so much hatred and so little love – for the neighbor or the self! |
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| Where have we gone wrong? |
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| “Love is such a great mystery that even those who have loved tremendously don't know exactly what it is. It has never been defined and it will never be defined. By its very nature it remains indefinable. You cannot put it into words; words are too small and love is so vast. Words cannot even contain a far away distant echo of love; but millions of people live with this stupid idea that they know what love is, and this idea that ‘I already know what love is’ prevents them from inquiring into the phenomenon of love.” |
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| Osho, The Old Pond...Plop!, Talk #27 |
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| "If you re-spect, if you look again and go deep into your existence, you are going to find the place from where you started losing yourself and gaining the ego. That moment is a moment of illumination because once you have seen what the ego is, the game is finished." Osho |
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| “In the twenty-four hours of a day you need to be silent for an hour or so, whenever it is convenient. The internal dialogue will go on but don’t be party to it.” Osho |
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| Sixty years ago, Erich Fromm proposed a re-evaluation of self-love, arguing that in order to be able to truly love someone else, we first need to love ourselves, as in respecting and knowing ourselves. Not surprisingly, the Internet is awash with advice on how to be more self-loving, but what really is the difference between a healthy love of oneself and egoistical pride? |
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| March, 2018 Newsletter |
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