Being truthful to myself, embracing myself
If you read my previous post on realizing and accepting that we are in a phase of suffering, then the obvious intention would be to get out of that suffering. But like I mentioned in that post, there is some work to be done. In my personal experience, the first challenge that I have felt is - Just talking to myself I had a conversation with my sister and she said she was surprised that I found it only now that I could do this anytime I want. Thus one of the most important realizations that I got recently was Don't be shy and embarrassed to sit with yourself and talk to yourself. No one can be truthful to you as much as you can be truthful to yourself. But what does this mean? How do I sit with myself? And what do I talk to myself? And if you are like me you would face another challenge, "Why does just spending time with myself feels so hard and awkward ?" Through some studies and spiritual talks, I found that loneliness and lack of knowledge of self-love is the primary...