Being in Love with Myself

True love for the self is to have the aim to live in alignment with one’s innate nature of love, peace and joy and to have compassion, understanding and forgiveness for any mistakes made on the journey.  To draw power and courage to hold myself in love and truth, I invite the companionship of the source, the Ocean of love, the Divine.

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Om Shanti, everyone. Greetings of peace. Greetings of love. 

How much do you love yourself? 

 And in what way do you love yourself?  How do you know that you love yourself?  You know, love is such a powerful thing that people do the craziest things out of love or when they are in love. 

 I was thinking about this recently.  If I'm in love with my own self, what would I not do? Or what would I do to show or express that type of love and care? 

 Even parents and children. When parents really love their children, they sacrifice just to make sure that that child is well taken care of.  When two people are in love with each other, so much give and take is there. Just to make sure the other is comfortable, is happy, and is taken care of.  We listen, we try to understand. 

 We accept mistakes. We do so many things when we say we love.  And I was just thinking about loving myself.  Do I love myself that way?  That I accept myself for who I am? 

 I accept the mistakes I've made during the course of time.  I listen to myself.  I try to understand myself.  Do I do these things or am I judgmental on my own self that put pressure on myself?  Because, mind you, how we treat ourselves is how we treat others. 

 It is said that treat others the way you want to be treated.  But recently I've realized that that doesn't always work.  Because I might be treating people with love and respect and appreciation and so on. Because that’s how I would like to be treated too. With the hope that that's what they will do. 

 People don't always understand those things.  What I've learned is let me treat myself the way I want others to treat me.  Let me love myself the way I would like others to understand and love me.  Because the way I love myself is the way I will love others.  So, no expectations, no conditions or anything of the sort. 

 Just pure love and acceptance. That's it.  So, in today's meditation, let us spend ten minutes or so reflecting on loving myself.  Am I really in love with myself? And what does that mean? 

 So let us take a few deep breaths in to relax ourselves and bring our thoughts together.  Take a deep breath in and release.  Take another deep breath in. 

 And as you let go, let your body relax. Let all tension. Your muscles melt away. 

 Take another deep breath in. 

 Release.  Let your breathing be deep and natural and regular. 

 As you watch your breath in and out, allow your thoughts to be in this present moment. 

 As you close the door to everything from the outside world, take this opportunity to turn inward.  Concentrate on your divine light in the center of the forehead, behind the eyes. 

 As you visualize yourself as that sparkling star, hold yourself in that light. 

 Enter the room of your mind. 

 Take a seat. 

 Sitting comfortably in my own space, own inner space. 

 Look around. 

 What do I see? 

 There is a mirror in this room. 

 As I look into that mirror, what do I see looking back at me? 

 Looking at your own reflection. 

 Look very closely in that mirror. 

 Look very closely at that reflection of yours. 

 What do you see? 

 You can write it or make a mental note of the beauty that you see. Describe it. 

 See the special qualities, the virtues. 

 Identify them. 

You can write or you can reflect by saying, I am special quality or the virtue that you see in yourself.  I am beautiful, I am tolerant, I am patient, and I am forgiving, kind, generous. 

Yes. Sometimes I give of myself a lot more than I need to, probably. 

And there are times when I'm not true to my own self. 

But today, I will not hold that against myself. 

But instead, I appreciate my own self for doing the best I can and the best I knew how. 

I also make another commitment to myself. 

In the past, I may have done things against  my pure heart,  going to remind myself that I love myself so much  that I will try my best  to do that which is  aligned with my inner principles, aligned with my truth. 

And if I make a mistake,  rather than being critical of myself,  I will try to listen,  understand my feelings,  and then forgive myself  so I can move forward. 

I'm not feeling happy when I feel hurt or sad or guilty. 

I will not suppress those feelings, but I will acknowledge them, understand myself, and then work on transforming them. 

If it is takes a lot of power and strength and courage. 

Sometimes it could be very difficult or painful. 

I have a friend,  the ocean of love,  the source  of true love,  whose companionship is always available,  whose company,  my truth, my beauty is reflected. 

I invite the source, the ocean of love, into the room of my mind, to stand right next to me. 

As I look into the mirror, I know I'm not alone.  I.  I have the best companion. 

Together I share this love, and I hold myself in this light, in this love, very gently return to this world.  I have to continue my being. 

I will not let go of this commitment  that I have with myself,  to love myself  and to be in love with myself  so I can shine  and I can be the best version of me. 

Take a deep breath in. 

Let it out. 

When you are ready, you may open your eyes. 

Thank you very much. Have a wonderful and blissful day and week. Om Shanti.