If we can see ourselves the way we are, that is the first step toward self-acceptance \u2013 toward stopping the self-rejection. Once we are able to accept ourselves just the way we are, everything can start changing from that point forward.<\/p>\n
Everyone has a price, and Life respects that price. But that price is not measured in dollars or in gold; it is measured in love. More than that, it is measured in self-love. How much you love yourself \u00a0\u2013 that is your price \u2013 and Life respects the price. When you love yourself, your price is very high, which means your tolerance for self-abuse is very low. It\u2019s very low because you respect yourself. You like yourself the way you are, and this makes your price higher. If you don\u2019t like things about yourself, the price is a little lower.<\/p>\n
Sometimes the self-judgment is so strong that people need to be numb just to be with themselves. If you don\u2019t like a person, you can walk away from that person. If you don\u2019t like a group of people, you can walk away from those people. But if you don\u2019t like yourself, it doesn\u2019t matter where you go, you are right there. To avoid being with yourself, you need to take something to numb you, to take your mind away from yourself. Perhaps some alcohol is going to help. Perhaps some drugs will help. Perhaps eating \u2013 just eat, eat, eat. The self-abuse can get much worse. There are people who really feel self-hatred. They are self destructive, killing themselves little by little, because they don\u2019t have the courage to kill themselves fast.<\/p>\n
If you observe self-destructive people, you will see they attract people just like them. What do we do if we don\u2019t like ourselves? We try to get numb with alcohol to forget our suffering. That\u2019s the excuse we use. Where are we going to get alcohol? We go to a bar to drink, and guess who\u2019s going to be there?\u00a0People just like us, who try to avoid themselves also, who also try to get numb. We get numb together, we start talking about our suffering, and we understand each other very well. We even start to enjoy it. We understand each other perfectly because we vibrate in the same frequency. We are both being self-destructive. Then I hurt you, you hurt me \u2013 a perfect relationship in hell.<\/p>\n
What happens when you change? For whatever reason, you no longer need the alcohol. It\u2019s okay now to be with yourself, and you really enjoy it. You no longer drink, but you have the same friends, and everyone\u2019s drinking. They get numb, they start getting happier, but you can clearly see that their happiness is not real. What they call happiness is a rebellion against their own emotional pain. In that \u201chappiness\u201d they are so hurt that they have fun hurting other people and hurting themselves.<\/p>\n
You no longer fit in, and of course they resent you because you are no longer like them. \u201cHey, you are rejecting me because you no longer drink with me, because you don\u2019t get high with me.\u201d Now you have to make a choice: You can step back, or you can go to another level of frequency and meet people who finally accept themselves like you do. You find there is another realm of reality, a new way of relationship, and you no longer accept certain kinds of abuse.<\/p>\n
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