Reflecting on being ‘heartened by who I am’, I can say that my heart softens physically when I reassure it that I like myself. Funny isn’t it?
The inner child remains always – and is a good barometer for that powerful indicator of spiritual wellbeing: self-love.
Aha. Self-love as an indicator of spiritual wellbeing. How am I doing?
Improving always, dear soul. You are ready, as ever, to take down the barriers to an authentic relationship with your own self.
I do see that there are many opportunities in life to increase our attitudes of non-judgment, compassion, acceptance towards ourselves.
And the conditions we find ourselves in.
I guess taking the stinging, ‘othering’, separating resonance of ‘JUDGMENT’ out of our psychological repertoire, whether towards ourselves or others, can only be a good thing.
You mention a ‘good thing’… Interesting. What is the opposite of a good thing?
A bad thing!
And the discerning factor here would be…?
Judgment! There’s a judgment call on what would be a good thing, and what a bad. But isn’t that crucial – to be able to discern what is good and bad for us?
Within ‘reason’. Reasoning, discerning, ascertaining are all progressive in their unfolding of ‘logic makes action’. Judgment is an excluding process. ‘That’s bad, that’s out…’
So you are saying not to chuck the baby of ‘reasoning’ out with the bathwater of ‘judgement’.
We are saying keep an enquiring mindset going, constantly being open to both ‘yes’ and ‘no’, so that otherwise binary positions are embraced.
How does this relate to being ‘heartened by who we are’, or being authentic and true to ourselves?
The binary (yes or no) mindset is prone to judgment. Judgment is prone to casting out entire swathes of knowing before reason has discerned truth. Judgment chases the inner child, or the inner being, or the quiet voice of self, out into the playground where it feels over-exposed and intimidated, and shrinks away. Our delicate 360 degree self wants to make itself invisible in the playground of binary judgments.
What parts of myself have I judged, or do I hide, disown or not welcome? Any shadow selves want to step forward?
Psychic Psarah here.
Oh, man… [Gulp] Hi Psychic Psarah. What do you have to say?
PP: Simply that you often ignore the voice of your intuition.
My apologies for that… It’s that I feel I have to keep a mind/logic-orientated footing in the world, to fit in.
PP: Your loss is all our losses. You leave us exhausted when you go by foot instead of by magic carpet.
What would have me do instead?
PP: Simply play with following your preferences, as you started exploring the other day. Play ‘iPrefer’ rigorously, lightly and with some joyful commitment… and see where it takes you.
Ok, dear PP. That I am happy to do. I can see it will be good for me, and for those around me, as I learn to focus on discerning and responding to my inner preferences, instead of ‘bending’ to external conditions in obliging ways which actually confuse those around me. I can see that iPrefer is an upgrade from iJudge. iPrefer revels in the’ wanted’ aspects of life; iJudge makes quite a big deal of, and therefore magnifies, the ‘unwanted’. Any further advice?
PP: Repetition, repetition, repetition… 🙂
Thanks. Cool.
I am playing iPrefer