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Originally Posted by rush23  I mean, just think how you would treat your best friend or anyone else - even a stranger - if they did something well or if they stuffed up badly. If they did something well, you'd praise them. If they stuffed up, you'd tell them not to worry and shrug it off as a mistake. So why not treat yourself the same? |
It gets me a bit emotional to read this. Thanks for the analogy.
As far as liberating myself from my own judgment is concerned, I have just noticed (through this thread) that I stop judging myself when a certain degree of success is achieved-
Then I want to destroy that social conditioning, because I want to be able to feel truly confident even when social success is not achieved. But it's scary because I feel nothing will be left, I feel i will have to start building something completely new... and to be honest, i don't know where to start.
(in Steve's view of different stages of consciousness, am I actually on the verge of leaving pride?
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