10-27-2010, 12:00 AM
Examine what you are doing now, you are just on the other side of the same situation. In a sense all you have done is turn that criticism on yourself. Not really a solution as its applying the same method.
What about loving that part of yourself? Loving it as the most wonderful aspect, a rare gem! Logic tell us that would only enliven negative tendencies, but put it to the test and see if that logic is true.
Think of a mother who loves her child no matter what that child does. Then be that for yourself. Our parents loved us but they also had social concerns and this bore upon our actions as children and then became a matter of self-reflection. So I'm talking about removing the social concerns in the self-reflective process and just expressing pure acceptance, rather than the idea you need to change anything.
"You seven thieves with whom I have previous karmic connection,
Know that pride and vain complacency are Awareness of Sameness -
Primal purity in meditative composure cannot be found
Except in an ambitious mind that believes itself supreme.
Look into natural purity
And there is a Fountain of Jewels, Ratnasambhava!
Detached from the state of Emptiness, light-form is pure."
You are supreme! We all are supreme! All criticism can ever do is obscure the light of our being. It does this as external criticism and also internal criticism. Look instead for Primal purity, it is us from beginningless time! If eyes search with regret, they will only see shadows cast, but know that ultimately eyes are blinded before the brightest of bright light of our pure form.
What about loving that part of yourself? Loving it as the most wonderful aspect, a rare gem! Logic tell us that would only enliven negative tendencies, but put it to the test and see if that logic is true.
Think of a mother who loves her child no matter what that child does. Then be that for yourself. Our parents loved us but they also had social concerns and this bore upon our actions as children and then became a matter of self-reflection. So I'm talking about removing the social concerns in the self-reflective process and just expressing pure acceptance, rather than the idea you need to change anything.
"You seven thieves with whom I have previous karmic connection,
Know that pride and vain complacency are Awareness of Sameness -
Primal purity in meditative composure cannot be found
Except in an ambitious mind that believes itself supreme.
Look into natural purity
And there is a Fountain of Jewels, Ratnasambhava!
Detached from the state of Emptiness, light-form is pure."
You are supreme! We all are supreme! All criticism can ever do is obscure the light of our being. It does this as external criticism and also internal criticism. Look instead for Primal purity, it is us from beginningless time! If eyes search with regret, they will only see shadows cast, but know that ultimately eyes are blinded before the brightest of bright light of our pure form.