Right Relationship to Self
A healthy relationship to self is a process. It requires compassion, generosity and forgiveness of the deepest kind. We can evaluate the state of
our relationship to self by paying attention to how we treat ourselves through our actions, words and thoughts.
Through Actions
- Are you aware of and able to meet your top three essence needs? (Security, Adventure, Freedom, Exchange, Power, Expansion, Acceptance, Communion, Expression).
- Do you live and work in an environment that supports you?
- Are you taking care of your body and its needs for rest, good nutrition, play, sex, touch, adventure and safety as best you can?
- Do you make a time and place for your inner life and its expression?
- Do you respect the positive qualities you have and give them room for expression?
- Are you patient with your mistakes, able to relax into your life as it is, trusting that you will take the proper action when the time comes?
- Are you willing to set things aside, let them be, and let them go?
Through Words
- What words do you use to describe yourself?
- Do you speak about yourself to others with respectful or critical language?
- What are the stories you tell about yourself?
Through Thoughts
- What do you tell yourself about yourself?
- What ancient negative thought patterns are consistently being replayed?
- Are you sitting in judgment and comparison of yourself?
The roots of war begin and end with self.
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