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Originally Posted by Allie
Hi Sanat
Thanks for the links 
One thing that caught my attention was the mention of the term 'self-love'. It is one which appears to be misleading, with some believing it relates to egocentrism.
In many ways I also think the 'self-love' concept ties in with one of your posts which mentions the fear of being 'wrong'.
I was wondering if it might be beneficial for interested folk to express their views on what 'self-love' is? |
Yea, sure. Why not? Self Love is the same as Love of others because in Love there is no sense of separation, but rather Oneness. Love is an impersonal quality of Awareness/Consciousness itself. It is the underlaying and fundamental Identity of All-that-is. The ego/mind/parasite complex is fear based to the core. It sprung from fear and it thrives on fear. It's rigid identity with the physical body (instead of the fundamental underlaying Love/Identity/Oneness) which is pervieced as a separate/transient entity increases this fear immensly.
Fear springs from the sense of being separate from God and others. Love of self and others springs from Oneness. It is not personal and it is not a "doing". Moving up the
Scale of Consciousness is to embrace Love (of self/others) and stare down fear/separation. Moving down the Scale is to embrace fear/separation and negate Love/Oneness. Dedication towards Love is all the "Service to others" that is needed. Here is a post/thread adressing this very well:
http://www.projectavalon.net/forum/s...ead.php?t=8592
BTW. If anyone is looking for Spiritual Guidance and a Master in these "serious" times, then this fellow Puppetji could be the answer to your prayers:
http://www.youtube.com/user/puppetji69
Playfulness, Joy and Truth go together it seems
Enjoy!