As charity begins at home, love begins with the self. There is a big difference between self-love and selfishness and is mostly misunderstood.
Self-love is taking care of ourselves in all dimensions the physical health, mental health, emotional health, material wellness, and spiritual health.
How do we take care?
First and foremost having an awareness(1) of what we are.Acceptance(2) of what we are are, the idea of what we have to become, and spending time for the transformation(Action 3) from what is to what should be. Continuing the process of awareness, acceptance, and action; i.e (Adapting as a lifestyle 4).
Most of the problems start from lack of awareness, so we should make it a habit to monitor ourselves 360 degrees.
Sometimes we get a sudden awakening and awareness then we may feel bad about what we are currently. But hold on practice self-acceptance. You can’t change what was but you can always act in the ‘now’. Wherever you are, whatever you have become, there will always be someone better than you, someone wiser, happier, more peaceful, more successful, more balanced, more successful, richer, prettier, smarter, more famous, healthier than what you are. Learn to be inspired(1 a)by them and improve yourself not feel jealous(-1) and feel low about yourself. You are God’s beautiful creation, accept yourself as you are, if you don’t accept yourself who else will. Remember jealousy is a pitfall that may drain us of what we have.
Having created the awareness of what is and what is to be, the next important step is to be determined as well as take the required action(3) towards what we are supposed to become. Don’t give room for (-2)laziness, strengthen your willpower (3a), and achieve your goal. There is no use of wisdom, knowledge, awareness, or idea unless put into action. Laziness and lack of will is a pitfall that may drain us of what we have.
By following the above we may succeed but if we don’t continue to follow we may again lose it all and may have to restart all over again. Be it in any field succeeding once is good but excellence lies in continuous maintenance of it. For that, we need to adapt(4) the principles of awareness, acceptance, action continuously in our day to day life.
If we can apply the above continuously we have learned and applied the principles of self-love. When we feel we have succeeded in something we can surely feel good about ourselves but not proud(-3)or egoistic(-4)Now we may see our fellow people in different stages of consciousness and struggling with different things. It’s our duty to help(5)them out. Don’t talk as if you have achieved everything without any efforts or failures, tell people it’s ok to make mistakes or fail but they can always begin from now and improve. Don’t be selfish(-5) and secretive about your success process, share the tips with others, and help them shine too. Remember, pride, ego and selfishness are greater pitfalls and draining points which will make us restart all over again. Also don’t be afraid of losing, because of sharing your ideas or knowledge or time or possessions with others. No one ever loses anything by sharing. In fact what we share with other multiples(6).
You are a shining star and this universe is always beautiful with millions of stars shining collectively. Shine and let others shine. You have applied the principles of self-love when you shine, you have applied the principles of universal love when you let another person shine. Love and light is the only thing which now exists within and outside. Imagine how beautiful such a universe would be, that in fact is heaven. That in-fact seems to me as a journey from self-love to universal love and enlightenment.
Continue shining and helping others shine always, forever, eternally. Pay attention and do not get into the trap of energy leakage points. In the entire process surrender(1*) to God acts as a catalyst.
Let's pray that we all shine eternally.
