Why do you criticize yourself? It is the human way to compare. “This apple is shinier than that, and therefore more desirable. This house is bigger and more ornate, and therefore more desirable. That person is more beautiful than that other, and therefore more desirable.” Are you beginning to see a pattern? It is the only way the brain knows to work: categorizing, comparing, and adding meaning, going back to the most basic needs for survival, but convoluted in the present age by the ego’s comparisons.
Are you your brain? Part of you is, but that part is but a miniscule part of you compared with the greater part of You. If you are going to make comparisons, then focus on that part of You that is limitless, boundless, formless, all love and all beauty … beyond compare: the soul. Do you criticize the soul? Never.
When you catch yourself criticizing your self, the human, for a performance, an act, a job performed, or any other human action, see it as exactly that—a human action—and shift allegiance to the soul. The soul knows only love, and therefore has naught but compassion for the human who so easily lapses into self-criticism. There, there, blessed human, you are perfect in your own right, even when you criticize yourself for being human.
Hi Suzanne, my name is Jim and I’m a new fan of you and your guides after having read your book, ‘Messages of Hope’, on the advice of Alan Hugenot. Wonderful message today. I could have used this several decades ago when in my teens and twenties. Goodness was I hard on myself. My very best to you. – Jim
Nice to meet you, Jim! Welcome to the field of love!
Self criticism happens to me daily I will admit. When this happens, I close my eyes, take a deep breath to remember who I truly am, and say, “You are Magnificent, your are divine! All is well with my soul”. This helps me get back to remembering that I am spirit first living a human life.
Love,
Sheila
I really needed this message today, thank you Sanaya and Suzanne.
Sheila and Erin, something that has really helped me the last few years is recognizing that I have an eternity to grow, and, relatively speaking, I’m very near (if not immediately at) the starting line of my development. This allows me to put my mistakes in perspective.